theme

noun countable

US /θim/

Word Forms

singular	theme
plural	themes

1
the main subject of something such as a book, speech, art exhibit, or discussion
theme of:
Love and honor are the main themes of the book.
a recurrent/recurring theme (=one that occurs several times):
Musical instruments are a recurrent theme in his still life paintings.
a central/main/common/underlying theme:
Good child care was the central theme of the conference.
Synonyms and related words
Something that you are discussing
referent
matter
issue
2

theme
or
theme music/song/tune
musica short piece of music that is played at the beginning and end of a radio or television program or a movie
the theme from the movie Rocky
Synonyms and related words
Pieces of music
adagio
air
allegro
1. 2a
  a short tune that is repeated in a longer piece of music
  Synonyms and related words
  Parts of pieces of music
  accompaniment
  arpeggio
  breakbeat
3
Americanold-fashioneda short piece of writing on a particular subject written for school
Synonyms and related words
University and school work and objects found in the classroom
all-nighter
blackboard
blue book
4
linguisticsin discourse analysis, the known information in a clause or sentence. The new information is called the rheme.
In their native languages, good writers handle theme–rheme flow fairly naturally.
Synonyms and related words
General grammatical and linguistic terms
cognitive grammar
concordance
conversation analysis
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph

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