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Antonyms for item

Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun, verb ahy-tuhm; adverb ahy-tem
Phonetic Transcription : noun, verb ˈaɪ təm; adverb ˈaɪ tɛm

Definition of item

Origin :
  • late 14c. (adv.) "moreover, in addition," from Latin item (adv.) "likewise, just so, moreover," used to introduce a new fact or statement, probably from ita "thus," id "it" (see id) + adverbial ending -tem (cf. idem "the same"). Thus "a statement or maxim" (of the kind formerly introduced by the word item), first recorded 1560s. Meaning "detail of information" (especially in a newspaper) is from 1819; item "sexually linked unmarried couple" is 1970, probably from notion of being an item in the gossip columns. Noun sense of "an article of any kind" (1570s) developed from adverbial sense of "moreover, in addition," which was used before every article in a list (such as an inventory or bill).
  • noun part, article
Example sentences :
  • Item, the clyster repeated in the evening, as above, thirty sous.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • I thanked him for the item, resolving to add it to my list of curious Americanisms.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And I did not feel it essential to my regard for him to know every item of his past.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Tall Clemence made a dirty remark about every item that she touched.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • He had two carts laden with luggage—one item, a green parrot in a cage.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • "Item," said Calhoun again, getting his arms out of the vacuum-suit sleeves.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • Caligraphy was the item before them now, and on it they turned their well-trained brains.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Why don't you cut that item out—shove it over until next year?
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The item was among those under the head of “Personal and Social.”
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The latter's address was, so the Item said, "a triumph of oratorical effort."
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for item

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