itemize
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪtəmaɪz/
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Verb
itemize (third-person singular simple present itemizes, present participle itemizing, simple past and past participle itemized)
- (ambitransitive) To state in items, or by particulars
- to itemize the cost of a railroad
- 1986, “Begin The Begin”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.:
- Answer me a question; I can't itemize, I can't think clearly: look to me for reason, it's not there.
I can't even rhyme in the begin.
Derived terms
Translations
to state in items
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “itemize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “itemize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.