MEANING
To list or present things as separate items.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- itemize expenses
- itemize requirements
On the page
The report itemized the expenses instead of giving only a total.
The agreement itemized each stage’s requirements.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- itemize
- Past tense
- itemized
- Past participle
- itemized
- Present participle
- itemizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- itemize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are itemizing
- Present perfect
- have/has itemized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been itemizing
- Past
- itemized
- Past continuous
- was/were itemizing
- Past perfect
- had itemized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been itemizing
- Future
- will itemize
- Future continuous
- will be itemizing
- Future perfect
- will have itemized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been itemizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: itemize; itemizes; itemized; itemized; itemizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: renewed assessment, explicit formulation, classification and framing. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: itemizes.
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