Meaning of item In English

• 0 something that is part of a list or group of things:

  • the last item on the list

  • The restaurant has a long menu of about 50 items.

  • Several items of clothing (= clothes) lay on the floor.

  • There are three items on the agenda.

  • There's an interesting item on the back page.

  • Buyers from stores are given the opportunity to go through fashion collections item by item and place orders.

• 1 one thing that is a part of a list or a collection of things:

  • There were several more items on the agenda.

  • a news item in this morning’s newspaper

  • basic food items such as butter

• 2 a single object, especially one that is for sale or is bought:

  • buy/purchase/select an item

  • The business sells items made from recycled waste products.

  • order/collect/return an item

  • food/household/fashion item Supermarkets offer a wide range of food and household items.

  • commodity/consumer item Manufacturing commodity items is increasingly competitive.

  • expensive/valuable/luxury item

  • item of equipment/clothing/furniture

  • Radios with wooden cabinets have become collector's items.

  • individual/particular/specific item Sometimes customers who like a particular item of clothing will ask for it at more than one branch of the same store.

• 3 one of several points on an official list of things to be discussed at a meeting:

  • Please let me have any items for the agenda by 4 pm today.

  • Although fixed agenda items had been agreed at the last round of talks, members obviously had their own objectives.

  • an item on the agenda Item 2 on the agenda is the Treasurer's report.

• 4 one of several things to be considered, to do, or to choose from:

  • an item on the/sb's agenda The main item on my agenda for today is writing my month-end reports.

  • menu/list item The program allows the user to remove or add menu items.

  • The website has links to all the day's main news items.