1. (

• item ,
• point ,

) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "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" ;

2. (

• detail ,
• particular ,
• item

) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" ;

3. (

• item

) a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items" ;

4. (

• detail ,
• item ,
• point ,

) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" ;

5. (

• token ,
• item ,

) an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word `error' contains three tokens of `r'" ;