"itemize" meaning in English

See itemize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈaɪtəmaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-itemize.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-itemize.wav [US] Forms: itemizes [present, singular, third-person], itemizing [participle, present], itemized [participle, past], itemized [past], itemise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin itemlbor. Middle English item English item Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English itemize From item + -ize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|item|-ize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin itemlbor. Middle English item English item Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English itemize [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "item", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "item", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "item", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-izō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-iser", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-isen", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "itemize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="itemize"> From item + -ize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} itemize (third-person singular simple present itemizes, present participle itemizing, simple past and past participle itemized)
  1. (ambitransitive) To state in items, or by particulars Tags: ambitransitive Derived forms: itemizable, itemizer, nonitemized, reitemize Translations (to state in items): класифицирам (klasificiram) (Bulgarian), detallar (Catalan), enumerar (Catalan), especificar (Catalan), desglossar (Catalan), 詳細列舉 /详细列举 (xiángxì lièjǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 分條列述 /分条列述 (fēntiáo lièshù) (Chinese Mandarin), détailler (French), énumérer (French), spezifizieren (German), auflisten (German), aufschlüsseln (German), aufgliedern (German), gliedern (German), detaillieren (German), aufzählen (German), sundurliða (Icelandic), luetella (Ingrian), specifica (Romanian), detalia (Romanian), especificar (Spanish), desglosar (Spanish), pormenorizar (Spanish), itemizar (Spanish), enumerar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "spezifizieren"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "auflisten"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "aufschlüsseln"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "aufgliedern"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "gliedern"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "detaillieren"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "spezifizieren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "specifica"
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "detalia"
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "pormenorizar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to state in items",
      "word": "itemizar"
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      "sense": "to state in items",
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}

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