Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
separate and distinct from others of the same kind;
- Example: "mark the individual pages"- Example: "on a case-by-case basis"[syn: individual, case-by-case, item-by-item]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
item-by-item \item-by-item\ adj.
considered one item at a time; -- contrasted with using
general rules for groups of items considered by their class.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
item-by-item
adj 1: separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark
the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis" [syn:
individual, case-by-case, item-by-item]