Item in a sentence as a noun

Luckily for me, I was quick enough to react and hide away my most important item, my iPhone 4.

Item in a sentence as an adverb

For the rest of my time, people would bring me trivially broken electronics and I would retire for the evening to make it out like I was doing something difficult, then return the fixed item the next day.

Item definitions

noun

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

See also: point

noun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"

See also: detail particular

noun

a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"

noun

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"

See also: detail point

noun

an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"

See also: token

adverb

(used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla