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itemizing

itemizing is the present participle and gerund of itemize.

Meaning of itemize

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
    • to itemize the cost of a railroad

Noun

itemizing (plural itemizings)

  1. The process by which something is itemized.
    • Now alive as he was to all these searching argumentative itemizings of the minutest known facts any way bearing upon the subject; and yet, at the same time, persuaded, strong as death, that in spite of them, Isabel was indeed his sister; how could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of...1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Forms of itemizing

pluralitemizings

Questions about itemizing

What does itemizing mean?
Itemizing means the process by which something is itemized.
What is itemizing the present participle and gerund of?
Itemizing is the present participle and gerund of itemize.
What part of speech is itemizing?
Itemizing is a noun.
What is the plural of itemizing?
The plural of itemizing is itemizings.

Words near itemizing in the dictionary

  1. itemize
  2. itemized
  3. itemizer
  4. itemizers
  5. itemizes
  6. itemizing
  7. itemizings
  8. items
  9. items of clothing
  10. itemset
  11. itemsets

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