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[ noun ] a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
Synonyms Examples "he noticed an item in the New York Times" "she had several items on her shopping list" "the main point on the agenda was taken up first" Used in print (Legislation on Foreign Relations. Committee on Foreign...)The Commission may in its discretion enter an award with_respect_to one or more items deemed to have been clearly established in an individual claim while deferring consideration and action on other items of the same claim . The Commission may in its discretion enter an award with_respect_to one or more items deemed to have been clearly established in an individual claim while deferring consideration and action on other items of the same claim . (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)Determine the ratio of 50 % to the average per_capita income of the U._S. ( Divide 50 by the result obtained in item 2 above . ) ( Multiply the result obtained in item 3 above by the result obtained for each State in item 1 above . ) ( Multiply the result obtained in item 3 above by the result obtained for each State in item 1 above . ) Related terms part news_item place inventory_item line_item agenda_item incidental list |
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[ noun ] a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
Synonyms Examples "it was perfect in all details" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)There are more stems per item in Athabascan , which expresses the fact that the Athabascan languages have undergone somewhat more change in diverging from proto Athabascan than the Yokuts languages from proto Yokuts . ( On deduction of one-eighth from 3.46 , the stem / item rate becomes 3.03 against 2.75 in equivalent number of languages . ) These differences in_turn result from the fact that my Yokuts vocabularies were built_up of terms selected mainly to insure unambiguity of English meaning between illiterate informants and myself , within a compact and uniform territorial area , but that Hoijer 's vocabulary is based_on Swadesh 's second glottochronological list which aims at eliminating all items which might be culturally or geographically determined . For Yokuts , I tabulated these 71 items in five columns , according_as they were expressed by 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and more_than 4 stems . When now we count the frequency of the 71 items in the two language families appearing in the same column or grade , or one column or grade apart , or two or three or four , we find these differences : * * f This distribution can be summarized by averaging the distance in grades apart : * * f ; which , divided by * * f gives a mean of 1.07 grades apart . |
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[ noun ] a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
Examples "they reduced the price on many items" Used in print (The New York Times,...)Other items on the agenda during the meetings , which are expected to continue through Saturday , concern television , rules changes , professional football 's hall_of_fame , players ' benefits and constitutional amendments . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)The historical sign tells its story , but nothing gets interest across as well as some of the original historical items or places themselves which still have the character of the period covered . (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)These problems frequently arise where a firm is making items for the Government not directly along the lines of its normal civilian business or where the Government specifications require operations that the firm did not understand when it undertook the contract . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)If anything may be predicted in the quicksilver world of retailing , it seems likely that the suburban branch will come to dominate children 's clothing ( taking the kid downtown is too_much of a production ) , household gadgetry and the discount_business in big-ticket items . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He would consign the cash box into the hands of Jed_Hawksworth , then stand_by while his employer checked the contents and the list of items sold . |
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[ noun ] an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
Examples "several of the details are similar" "a point of information" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)`` This is one of the major items in the Fulton_County general assistance program '' , the jury said , but the State_Welfare_Department `` has seen_fit to distribute these funds through the welfare departments of all the counties in the state with the exception of Fulton_County , which receives none of_this money . Vandiver likely will mention the $ 100 million highway bond issue approved earlier in the session as his first priority item . Related terms fact respect minutia nook_and_cranny technicality sticking_point enumerate |
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[ adverb ] (used when listing or enumerating items) also
Examples "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla |
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[ noun ] an individual instance of a type of symbol
Synonyms Examples "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" Related terms |
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