Meanings
item1
plural items
- A distinct physical object.
Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.
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The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32 - broadlyvideo gamesAn object that can be picked up for later use.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
the items in a bill
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In response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.
Beyond being mere items of a legal code, they [the mitzvot] are the very basis of the relationship that God and the people Israel have established.
2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1143 - informalTwo people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
Jack and Jill are an item.
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Are we an item? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, BabySynonyms: couple
- IndiaabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of item girl.
In this chapter, we will attempt to trace the course of initiation into the classical arts, from the self-taught gyrations of Bollywood items to the serious rigours of a classical Indian dance form.
2017, Nandita Chaudhary, Pernille Hviid, Giuseppina Marsico, Resistance in Everyday Life: Constructing Cultural Experiences, page 246Synonyms: test, assessment question
present singular third person items · participle present iteming · participle past itemed · past itemed
- transitiveTo make a note of.
- not comparablelikewise
Item2
- World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAFradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter I.
Synonyms: India
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTwo people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
nounEllipsis of item girl.
nounradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter I.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
nouna small part that can be considered separately from the whole
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinitem“also; in the same manner”
- Middle Englishitem
- Englishitem
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".
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Arabic بَنْد
- بَنْد (band)distinct physical object
Bulgarian обект, предмет
- обект (obekt)distinct physical object
- предмет (predmet)distinct physical object
- параграф (paragraf)line of text having a particular meaning
- точка (točka)matter for discussion in an agenda
- пункт (punkt)matter for discussion in an agenda
Catalan article
- articledistinct physical object
Chinese Mandarin 項目 /项目, 東西 /东西
- 項目 /项目 (xiàngmù)distinct physical object
- 東西 /东西 (dōngxi)distinct physical object
- 寶物 /宝物 (bǎowù)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
- 物品 (wùpǐn)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
Czech předmět, položka
- předmětdistinct physical object
- položkaline of text having a particular meaning
- bodmatter for discussion in an agenda
Danish stykke, punkt
- stykkedistinct physical object
- punktline of text having a particular meaning
- punktmatter for discussion in an agenda
Dutch exemplaar, artikel
- exemplaardistinct physical object
- artikeldistinct physical object
- stukdistinct physical object
- objectdistinct physical object
- agendapuntmatter for discussion in an agenda
- koppeltjeinformal: two people who are having a relationship with each other
Esperanto ero
- erodistinct physical object
Estonian ese
- esedistinct physical object
Finnish esine, esine
- esinedistinct physical object
- esinevideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
- tavaravideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
- kohtaline of text having a particular meaning
- kohtatest assessment question
- kysymystest assessment question
- tehtävätest assessment question
- esityslistan kohtamatter for discussion in an agenda
- kohtamatter for discussion in an agenda
- asiakohtamatter for discussion in an agenda
- pariinformal: two people who are having a relationship with each other
- juttushort article
French article, truc
- articledistinct physical object
- trucdistinct physical object
- objetvideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
- pointmatter for discussion in an agenda
German Ding, Gegenstand
- Dingdistinct physical object
- Gegenstanddistinct physical object
- Stückdistinct physical object
- Artikeldistinct physical object
- Gegenstandvideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
Hebrew אבזר, פריט
- אבזרdistinct physical object
- פריט (prit)distinct physical object
Hungarian cikk, tárgy
- cikkdistinct physical object
- tárgydistinct physical object
- dologdistinct physical object
- tételline of text having a particular meaning
- kérdéstest assessment question
- feladattest assessment question
- témamatter for discussion in an agenda
- pontmatter for discussion in an agenda
- párinformal: two people who are having a relationship with each other
Indonesian benda, objek
- bendadistinct physical object
- objekdistinct physical object
Italian articolo, elemento
- articolodistinct physical object
- elementodistinct physical object
- oggettovideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
- puntomatter for discussion in an agenda
Japanese 項目, 物品
- 項目 (kōmoku)distinct physical object
- 物品 (buppin)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
- 品物 (shinamono)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
- アイテム (aitemu)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
- 持ち物 (mochimono)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
Korean 아이템
- 아이템 (aitem)video games: object that can be picked up for later use
Māori tūemi, tūemi
- tūemidistinct physical object
- tūemiline of text having a particular meaning
- kaupapamatter for discussion in an agenda
- pito kōreroshort article
Norwegian Bokmål ting, greie
- tingdistinct physical object
- greiedistinct physical object
- sakdistinct physical object
Polish rzecz, przedmiot
- rzeczdistinct physical object
- przedmiotdistinct physical object
- sztukadistinct physical object
- obiektdistinct physical object
- artykułdistinct physical object
Portuguese item, item
- itemdistinct physical object
- itemmatter for discussion in an agenda
Romanian articol, exemplar
- articoldistinct physical object
- exemplardistinct physical object
- bucatădistinct physical object
- obiectdistinct physical object
- punct de agendămatter for discussion in an agenda
Russian предме́т, шту́ка
- предме́т (predmét)distinct physical object
- шту́ка (štúka)distinct physical object
- вещь (veščʹ)distinct physical object
- строка (stroka)line of text having a particular meaning
- позиция (pozicija)line of text having a particular meaning
- пункт (punkt)line of text having a particular meaning
- пара (para)informal: two people who are having a relationship with each other
- статья́ f заме́тка (statʹjá)short article
Spanish artículo, insumo
- artículodistinct physical object
- insumodistinct physical object
- elementodistinct physical object
- productodistinct physical object
- ítemdistinct physical object
- ítemvideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
Swahili kifaa
- kifaadistinct physical object
Swedish föremål, ting
- föremåldistinct physical object
- tingdistinct physical object
- sakdistinct physical object
- punkt umatter for discussion in an agenda
Turkish item
- itemvideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
Ukrainian пози́ція, пункт
- пози́ція (pozýcija)line of text having a particular meaning
- пункт (punkt)line of text having a particular meaning
- пита́ння (pytánnja)matter for discussion in an agenda
- стаття́ (stattjá)short article
- замі́тка (zamítka)short article
Vietnamese vật phẩm
- vật phẩmvideo games: object that can be picked up for later use
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
item. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/item
“item.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/item. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “item,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/item.
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