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THEME

Definition:

1. [noun] the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
   Synonyms: subject, topic
   
   
2. [noun] a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
   Synonyms: motif
   
   
3. [noun] (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
   Synonyms: melodic musical idea
   
   
4. [noun] an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
   Synonyms: composition, paper, report
   
   
5. [noun] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
   Synonyms: root, root word, base, stem, radical
   
   
6. [verb] provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"
   
   

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Related Words:

• bone of contention
• precedent
• question, head
• keynote
• topos
• motif, motive
• statement
• variation
• term paper
• incidental music

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