Noun

(en noun)

A distinct physical object.

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A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

(label) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

A matter for discussion in an agenda.

(label) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

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Are we an item ? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?

A short article in a newspaper.

(label) A hint; an innuendo.

* (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)

A secret item was given to some of the bishops to absent themselves.

Noun

(uncountable) The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.

(uncountable) A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.

(countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

She made a notation in the margin of the book.