Topic Definition

tŏpĭk
topics
noun
topics
A class or category of considerations or arguments on which a rhetorician may draw.
Webster's New World
The subject of a paragraph, essay, speech, etc.
Webster's New World
One such consideration or argument.
Webster's New World
A subject for discussion or conversation.
Webster's New World
A heading or item in an outline.
Webster's New World
adjective
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topic
Plural:
topics

Origin of Topic

  • Obsolete topic rhetorical argument sing. of Topics title of a work by Aristotle from Latin Topica from Greek Topika commonplaces from neuter pl. of topikos of a place from topos place

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikos, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical"), from τόπος (topos, “a place").

    From Wiktionary

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