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item
English
Etymology
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, people less familiar with Latin, seeing such lists, took the word "item" as meaning "a member of a list".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?t?m/
- (US) IPA(key): [?a????m], [?a???m?]
- Hyphenation: item
Noun
item (plural items)
- A distinct physical object.
- (by extension, video games) An 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.
- (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- (informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- Are we an item? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
- 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby
- A short article in a newspaper.
- (obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.
- A secret item was given to some of the bishops […] to absent themselves.
Synonyms
- (object): article, object, thing
- (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning):
- (matter for discussion): subject, topic
- (two people who are having a relationship with each other): couple
- (psychometrics): test/assessment question
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
item (third-person singular simple present items, present participle iteming, simple past and past participle itemed)
- (transitive) To make a note of.
Related terms
- itemize
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- likewise
Anagrams
- -time, METI, emit, it me, mite, time
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??t?m]
Adverb
item
- (archaic) as well
- Synonyms: také, rovn?ž, dále, krom? toho
Further reading
- item in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- item in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Further reading
- “item” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin item.
Adverb
item
- (law) in the same way.
Etymology 2
From English item, from Latin item.
Noun
item m (invariable)
- (computer science) A single programmed unit.
- (linguistics) An element of a grammatical or lexical set.
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *éy and *só. Compare ita and itidem.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [??t????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?i.tem/, [?i?t??m]
Adverb
item (not comparable)
- just like (in a comparison)
Related terms
References
- item in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- item in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- item in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Etymology
From Latin item.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?t?m/
Adverb
item
- also, and this.
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Noun
item
- the same; identical.
Descendants
- English: item
- Scots: eetem
References
- “item, adv. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
Middle French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Old French
Etymology
Latin.
Adverb
item
- same; in the same way
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin item (“also; in the same manner”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?i.t?m/, /?i.t??j?/
- Hyphenation: i?tem
Noun
item m (plural itens)
- item
- A matter for discussion in an agenda or elsewhere.
- A line of text with some meaning.
item From the web:
- what items does goodwill accept
- what items cannot be returned to walmart
- what itemized deductions are allowed in 2020
- what items can be recycled
- what items are recyclable
- what items are fsa eligible
- what item level for mythic dungeons
- what items are exempt from sales tax
commodity
English
Alternative forms
- commoditie (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commodit?s.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??m?d?ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m?d?ti/
Noun
commodity (countable and uncountable, plural commodities)
- Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]
- 1995, James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700, p.122
- If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity.
- 2001, Rachel Pain, Introducing Social Geographies, p.26
- In human geography "commodities" usually refers to goods and services which are bought and sold. The simplest commodities are those produced by the production system just before they are sold.
- 2005, William Leiss, Botterill, Jacki, Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace, p.307
- Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that shopping is much more than the purchase of commodities
- 1995, James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700, p.122
- Something useful or valuable. [from 15th c.]
- 2008, Jan. 14th, Somerset County Gazette
- And Slade said: "It really makes me sad that football club chairmen and boards seem to have lost that most precious commodity - patience. "Sam's sacking at Newcastle had, I suppose, been on the cards for a while, but it is really ridiculous to fire a manager after such a short time.
- 2008, Jan. 14th, Somerset County Gazette
- (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
- (Marxism) Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.
- (obsolete) Convenience; usefulness, suitability. [15th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage. [16th-19th c.]
- , NYRB, 2001, vol.1, p.321:
- they commonly respect their own ends, commodity is the steer of all their action […].
- , NYRB, 2001, vol.1, p.321:
Derived terms
- commodityism
Translations
Spanish
Noun
commodity m (plural commoditys)
- commodity
commodity From the web:
- what commodity bolstered the economy of jamestown
- what commodity was called soft gold
- what commodity changes the destiny of africa
- what commodity means
- what commodity takes the most land
- what commodity is shipped the most
- what commodity should i invest in
- what commodity is traded most
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