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itemize en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈaɪtəmaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin itemlbor. Middle English item English item Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English itemize From item + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To state in items, or by particulars
    • to itemize the cost of a railroad
    • 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. 1986, “Begin The Begin”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
itemizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
itemise alternative lexicographic
itemized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
itemized Tense=Past lexicographic
itemizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

nonitemized · itemizer · reitemize · itemizable

Translations (23)

es desglosar (to state in items) · fr énumérer (to state in items) · de gliedern (to state in items) · cmn 詳細列舉 /详细列举 (to state in items) · es itemizar (to state in items) · de aufschlüsseln (to state in items) · ro detalia (to state in items) · ca desglossar (to state in items) · is sundurliða (to state in items) · de aufgliedern (to state in items) · ca detallar (to state in items) · de auflisten (to state in items) · de aufzählen (to state in items) · es pormenorizar (to state in items) · bg класифицирам (to state in items) · fr détailler (to state in items) · ca especificar (to state in items) · cmn 分條列述 /分条列述 (to state in items) · de spezifizieren (to state in items) · izh luetella (to state in items) · ca enumerar (to state in items) · ro specifica (to state in items) · de detaillieren (to state in items)