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ITEMIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Specify individually

Example:

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

Synonyms:

enumerate; itemise; itemize; recite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "itemize" 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 "itemize"):

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)

item (a small part that can be considered separately from the whole)

itemization (the act of making a list of items)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on a list of items

Example:

itemize one's tax deductions

Synonyms:

itemise; itemize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

list; number (enumerate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

itemization (the act of making a list of items)

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