English Dictionary

ITEMISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does itemise mean? 

ITEMISE (verb)
  The verb ITEMISE has 2 senses:

1. place on a list of itemsplay

2. specify individuallyplay

  Familiarity information: ITEMISE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ITEMISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they itemise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it itemises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: itemised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: itemised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: itemising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Place on a list of items

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

itemise; itemize

Context example:

itemize one's tax deductions

Hypernyms (to "itemise" is one way to...):

list; number (enumerate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

itemisation (the act of making a list of items)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Specify individually

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

enumerate; itemise; itemize; recite

Context example:

The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug

Hypernyms (to "itemise" is one way to...):

identify; name (give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "itemise"):

list; name (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

item (a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection)

item (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole)

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

item (an individual instance of a type of symbol)

itemisation (the act of making a list of items)


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