# item

Pronunciation: say "Y-tuhm" /ˈaɪ.təm/

## Noun

1. A single thing considered separately from others, especially as one of a group, set, or collection, including an object in a video game.
   - Simple: One thing, seen separately from the others in a group, such as one thing you buy or pick up in a game.
   - _Each item in the collection was tagged and photographed._
   - _He counted the items as they came off the conveyor belt._
2. A single entry or point in a list, menu, agenda, bill, account or document, such as a task to be handled or a clause in a contract.
   - Simple: One separate thing on a list, menu, bill or meeting plan, such as a task, dish or point.
   - _The accountant listed each item separately in the ledger._
   - _One disputed item in the agreement delayed the signing._
3. A pair of people who are romantically or sexually involved with each other. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Two people who are dating each other.
   - _By fall, the pair were officially an item._
   - _Coworkers gossiped about whether the two were an item._
4. A short news report or article in a newspaper or magazine, or on radio or television.
   - Simple: A short news story in a newspaper or magazine, or on radio or television.
   - _A brief item on page three mentioned the closure._
   - _Editors trimmed several items to fit the front page._
7. Ellipsis of item girl: in Indian English, a woman who performs the showpiece dance in a film's special song sequence. *(India)* — Ellipsis of item girl.
   - Simple: Short form of item girl. In Indian English, it means a woman who dances in a film's special song.
   - _She started out as an item, dancing in one flashy song per film, before landing serious leading roles._
   - _The film's item stole the show with her dance._

## Verb

5. To make a note of something; to record it. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To write something down so you remember it.

## Adverb

6. Used to introduce each new entry in a list or inventory, with the sense of 'also' or 'likewise.' *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A word used in old lists to mean 'also,' placed before each new thing.
   - _Item, twelve yards of linen; item, a pair of brass candlesticks._
   - _The inventory continued: item, one oak table, much scratched._

## Noun

8. A hint; an indirect suggestion or innuendo. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A hint or sly suggestion about something.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A single question on a test, sometimes including its answer choices.

## Origin

Latin item meant "also, in the same manner," and Middle English kept it as item. Its modern meaning grew out of lists. The first entry opened with in primis or imprimis ("firstly"), and each one after that with item ("also, moreover"), until the entries themselves were called items.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/item (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).