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item: item, detail, particular are comparable when meaning one of the things, either separate and distinct or considered so, which constitute a whole.

Item applies mainly to each thing that is put down in a list (as of things needed, things to be done, or things to be seen) or in an account, a record, or an inventory; sometimes the term applies to the actual thing as apart from the list

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the bill has ten items
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each separate item of income— Hobson
}

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the dog too went: the most noble-looking item in the beggarly assets— Conrad
}

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a mere item in the year's publishing list— Brogan
}

Detail (see also PART) applies to each separate thing which enters into the building or construction of some such thing as a house, a painting, or a narrative or enters into such an activity as the performance of a task or job, the pursuit of a career, or the living of a life; often, in this sense, detail is contrasted with structure, outline, design, or plan

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while . . . laboring indefatigably in the details of domestic life on a farm, her outlook was large— Ellis
}

{
alike in its large outlines and its small details, Chinese life is always the art of balancing an aesthetic temperament and guarding against its excesses— Ellis
}

Often the singular form in this sense is used as a collective noun

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the poet's chief aim ... is to communicate not the exact detail of an experience, but its tone and rhythm- Day Lewis
}

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report an incident in detail
}

Particular may imply a relation to something general or universal

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it foolishly derides the universal, saying that it chooses to consider the particular as more important— Quiller— Couch
}

but more often it implies a relation to a whole and stresses that relationship more than item or detail; in this sense particular emphasizes the smallness and the singleness and concreteness of each item or detail; thus, in law, a bill of particulars is a statement of the items of a plaintiffs claim or a defendant's counterclaim

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I do not care to go into the particulars of the agreement
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the real question is what is the world . . . and that can be revealed only by the study of all nature's particulars— James
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{
praised the party accomplishment, and came to particulars in an attack upon the . . . opposition— Paxson
}

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we know nothing of their language and only . .. minor particulars of their social customs and religion— R. W. Murray
}

Analogous words: *thing, object, article: constituent, component, *element, factor

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Synonyms:

Also, in like manner, as an additional article, Article, particular

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ITEM — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
item — i tem, n. [From {Item}, adv.] [1913 Webster] 1. An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill; he picked up four items at the drug store. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A secret item… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
item — / ī təm/ n 1: a distinct part in an enumeration, account, or series 2: a financial instrument (as a check or draft) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
item — late 14c. (adv.) moreover, in addition, from L. item (adv.) likewise, just so, moreover, used to introduce a new fact or statement, probably from ita thus, id it (see ID (Cf. id)) + adv. ending tem (Cf. idem the same ). Thus a statement or maxim… … Etymology dictionary
item — item·iza·tion; item·ize; item; sub·item; item·iz·er; … English syllables

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