Item

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Adverb
• HYPHEN: i=tem

CIDE DICTIONARY

Item, adv. [L. See Iterate.].

 Also; as an additional article.  [1913 Webster]

Item, n. [From Item, adv.].

•  An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill; he picked up four items at the drug store.  [1913 Webster]
•  A hint; an innuendo.  [1913 Webster]

  "A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves."  [1913 Webster]
•  A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.  [1913 Webster]
•  A topic or piece of information having the salacious character of gossip, especially a romantic relation between two people; as, I hear that the boss and his new secretary are an item.  [PJC]

Item, v. t. 

 To make a note or memorandum of.  [1913 Webster]
"I have itemed it in my memory."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Item, n. & adv.
--n.
1 a any of a number of enumerated or listed things. b an entry in an account.
2 an article, esp. one for sale (household items).
3 a separate or distinct piece of news, information, etc.
--adv. archaic (introducing the mention of each item) likewise, also.

Etymology

orig. as adv.: L, = in like manner, also

THESAURUS

Item

above, additionally, adjunct, adversaria, again, aide-memoire, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, annotation, appurtenance, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, as well, aspect, au reste, beside, besides, beyond, case, circumstance, citation, commodity, component, constituent, contents, contingent, count, credit, cross reference, cross section, datum, debit, demonstration, detachment, detail, division, docket, dole, double entry, drug, element, else, en plus, entity, entry, example, exemplification, extra, facet, fact, factor, farther, feature, filler, fixings, footnote, for lagniappe, fraction, further, furthermore, illustration, in addition, incidental, individual, ingredient, installment, instance, integer, integrant, inter alia, into the bargain, jotting, lead item, leader, likewise, loss leader, makings, marginal note, marginalia, matter, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, mention, minor detail, minute, minutes, minutia, minutiae, module, more, moreover, notation, note, notice, on the side, on top of, over, parcel, part, part and parcel, particular, percentage, person, persona, piece, plus, point, portion, product, quadrant, quarter, quota, quotation, random sample, reference, regard, register, registry, remainder, reminder, respect, sample, sampling, scholia, scholium, seconds, section, sector, segment, share, similarly, single, single entry, singleton, soul, special, specialty, standard article, staple, staple item, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, then, therewith, thing, to boot, too, unit, vendible, ware, well, yet

ROGET THESAURUS

Item

Substantiality

N substantiality, hypostasis, person, being, thing, object, article, item, something, a being, an existence, creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum, matter, corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part, world, plenum, substantive, substantial, hypostatic, personal, bodily, tangible, corporeal, substantially, bodily, essentially.

Addition

N addition, annexation, adjection, junction, superposition, superaddition, superjunction, superfetation, accession, reinforcement, increase, increment, supplement, accompaniment, interposition, insertion, added, additional, supplemental, supplementary, suppletory, subjunctive, adjectitious, adscititious, ascititious, additive, extra, accessory, au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra, and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item, and also, and eke, else, besides, to boot, et cetera, and so on, and so forth, into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover, with, withal, including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone, together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with, conjointly, jointly, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Adjunct

N adjunct, addition, additament, additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex, augment, augmentation, increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item, garnish, sauce, accompaniment, adjective, addendum, complement, supplement, continuation, rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary, piece, flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege, tail, suffix, wing, additional, alate, alated, winged, in addition.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.