item

Meaning

Noun

1. A distinct physical object.
2. (broadly) An object that can be picked up for later use.
3. A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
4. A question on a test, which may include its answers.
5. A matter for discussion in an agenda.
6. (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
7. A short article in a newspaper.
8. (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
9. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of item girl.

Verb

To make a note of.

Adv

likewise

Synonyms

article

object

thing

point

detail

matter

clause

entry

issue

case

piece

element

paragraph

particular

commodity

subject

token

component

person

🧑‍🦱

record

instance

kind

section

business

too

unit

statement

story

sort

something

species

stuff

ware

account

provision

passage

as well

party

🥳

report

note

affair

essay

message

count

🔢

head

product

fragment

also

character

copy

Translations

item

Gegenstand

Punkt

articolo

Element

élément

item

deel

Sache

Artikel

article

chose

Angelegenheit

oggetto

détail

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪ.təm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: item

In summary

From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, the members of lists were referred to as "items".