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theme (t̸hēm)
noun
- a topic or subject, as of a lecture, sermon, essay, etc.
- a recurring, unifying subject or idea; motif, often one used decoratively
- a short essay, esp. one written as an assignment in a school course
- a short melody used as the subject of a musical composition
- a musical phrase upon which variations are developed
- ☆ theme song
Etymology: ME < OFr & L: OFr teme < L thema < Gr, what is laid down < base of tithenai, to put, place: see do
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theme
n.
A subject
topic, proposition, argument, thesis, text, subject matter, matter in hand, problem, question, point at issue, affair, business, point, case, thought, idea, line*, rag*, stuff*; see also issue 1, subject 1.A recurrent melody
melody, motive, motif, leitmotif, thematic, statement, strain, air, tune, melodic subject, developed melody; see also song.A short composition
essay, report, paper, term paper, research paper, dissertation, description, statement; see also exposition 2. See syn. study at subject.
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Preposition: of
- conference: The theme of the conference was: " Moving Digital ID to Population Scale " .
Converse of object
- recur: A recurring theme in her work is the romance of the inexplicable.
Adjective modifier
- central: It is therefore a central theme for cultural studies, a basic study object.
Modifies a noun
- tune: His theme tune was Man Of Mystery by The Shadows.
Noun used with modifier
- cross-cutting: Sustainable development is a cross-cutting theme which cannot be left to individuals or particular divisions within departments.
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I'll publish, right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Thetheme defeatsstructuralism, for it isanemotion.The theme of Lord of the Flies isgrief, sheer grief, grief, grief, grief.
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