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item
noun
a
single
object
,
unit
,
or
piece
that
is
part
of
a
list
,
collection
,
set
,
or
group
β’
Please
put
each
grocery
item
on
the
conveyor
belt
.
Please
put
each
grocery
item
on
the
conveyor
belt
.
β’
That
store
sells
a
million
different
items
,
from
books
to
bicycles
.
That
store
sells
a
million
different
items
,
from
books
to
bicycles
.
Borrowed
in
Middle
English
from
Latin
item
β
also
,
in
like
manner
,β
originally
used
to
introduce
each
entry
in
a
list
;
later
generalized
to
mean
a
single
entry
itself
.
noun
a
short
piece
of
news
or
information
in
a
newspaper
,
magazine
,
broadcast
,
or
online
report
β’
Did
you
read
the
short
item
about
the
rescue
on
the
back
page
?
Did
you
read
the
short
item
about
the
rescue
on
the
back
page
?
β’
The
anchor
introduced
a
lighthearted
item
on
local
schoolchildren
planting
trees
.
The
anchor
introduced
a
lighthearted
item
on
local
schoolchildren
planting
trees
.
Extension
of
the
basic
sense
β
single
object
β
to
the
idea
of
a
single
piece
of
information
;
early
19th-century
newsroom
jargon
.
noun
informal
:
two
people
who
are
romantically
involved
,
regarded
together
as
a
couple
β’
Everyone
at
work
thinks
Lisa
and
Marco
are an item
.
Everyone
at
work
thinks
Lisa
and
Marco
are an item
.
β’
They
β
ve
only
had
two
dates
,
yet
gossip
sites
claim
theyβre an item
.
They
β
ve
only
had
two
dates
,
yet
gossip
sites
claim
theyβre an item
.
Sense
arose
in
mid-20th-century
American
English
,
likely
from
the
phrase
β
an
item
of
gossip
,β
narrowing
to
mean
a
romantic
pairing
.
Popularized
by
celebrity-watch
columns
.
adverb
archaic
:
also
;
in
addition
(
used
to
introduce
each
entry
in
a
list
or
document
)
β’
Item
,
you
shall
pay
the
rent
on
the
first
day
of
each
month
.
Item
,
you
shall
pay
the
rent
on
the
first
day
of
each
month
.
β’
The
charter
states
,
item
,
that
all
merchants
must
keep
fair
scales
.
The
charter
states
,
item
,
that
all
merchants
must
keep
fair
scales
.
Directly
from
Latin
item
β
likewise
,
also
,β
once
commonly
used
by
scribes
to
introduce
successive
points
in
inventories
and
legal
documents
.