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ALL meanings of theme

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  • noun theme a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. 1
  • noun theme a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art. 1
  • noun theme a short, informal essay, especially a school composition. 1
  • noun theme Music. a principal melodic subject in a musical composition. a short melodic subject from which variations are developed. 1
  • noun theme Grammar. the element common to all or most of the forms of an inflectional paradigm, often consisting of a root with certain formative elements or modifications. Compare stem1 (def 16). 1
  • abbreviation THEME topic 1
  • noun theme Linguistics. topic (def 4). 1
  • noun theme music: motif 1
  • noun theme Also, thema. an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire. 1
  • adjective theme music: of a movie 1
  • adjective theme having a unifying theme: a theme restaurant decorated like a spaceship. 1
  • noun theme short composition 1
  • verb with object theme to provide with a theme. 1
  • noun theme central idea 1
  • countable noun theme A theme in a piece of writing, a talk, or a discussion is an important idea or subject that runs through it. 0
  • countable noun theme A theme in an artist's work or in a work of literature is an idea in it that the artist or writer develops or repeats. 0
  • countable noun theme A theme is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based. 0
  • countable noun theme Theme music or a theme song is a piece of music that is played at the beginning and end of a film or of a television or radio programme. 0
  • noun theme an idea or topic expanded in a discourse, discussion, etc 0
  • noun theme (in literature, music, art, etc) a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work 0
  • noun theme a group of notes forming a recognizable melodic unit, often used as the basis of the musical material in a composition 0
  • noun theme a short essay, esp one set as an exercise for a student 0
  • noun theme the first major constituent of a sentence, usually but not necessarily the subject. In the sentence history I do like, "history" is the theme of the sentence, even though it is the object of the verb 0
  • noun theme (in the Byzantine Empire) a territorial unit consisting of several provinces under a military commander 0
  • noun theme planned or designed round one unifying subject, image, etc 0
  • verb theme to design, decorate, arrange, etc, in accordance with a theme 0
  • noun theme a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc. 0
  • noun theme a recurring, unifying subject or idea; motif, often one used decoratively 0
  • noun theme a short essay, esp. one written as an assignment in a school course 0
  • noun theme a short melody used as the subject of a musical composition 0
  • noun theme a musical phrase upon which variations are developed 0
  • noun theme theme song 0
  • verb transitive theme to give a theme to; specif., to plan according to a central theme 0
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