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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024theme /θim/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a subject of a talk, a thought, or a piece of writing; topic:He returned to the theme of American values.
- a unifying idea, or the most obvious point, as in a work of art, etc.
- a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition.
the•mat•ic /θɪˈmætɪk/USA pronunciation adj. the•mat•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024theme (thēm),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., themed, them•ing. n. - a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition;
topic:The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting. - a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.
- a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition.
- Music and Dance
- a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.
- a short melodic subject from which variations are developed.
- Grammarthe element common to all or most of the forms of an inflectional paradigm, often consisting of a root with certain formative elements or modifications. Cf. stem 1 (def. 16).
- Linguisticstopic (def. 4).
- World HistoryAlso, thema. an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire.
adj. - having a unifying theme:a theme restaurant decorated like a spaceship.
v.t. - to provide with a theme.
- Greek théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down
- Medieval Latin thema, Latin
- Old French teme)
- Middle English teme, theme (1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged thesis, text. See subject.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged paper.
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