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Definition of 'Theme'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) theme
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic.

2.  theme
a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.

3.  theme
a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition.

4.  theme
a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.

5.  theme
a short melodic subject from which variations are developed.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME teme, theme (< OF teme) < ML thema, L < Gk théma proposition, deposit =(ti)thé(nai) to put, set down +

Definition of 'Theme'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) subject, topic, theme
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"

2. (noun) theme, motif
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
"it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

3. (noun) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
"the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

4. (noun) composition, paper, report, theme
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
"he got an A on his composition"

5. (verb) root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"thematic vowels are part of the stem"

6. (verb) theme
provide with a particular theme or motive
"the restaurant often themes its menus"

Definition of 'Theme'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) theme
an important idea in a piece of writing, art, music, etc.
one of two main themes of the novel; Death was one of the poet's favorite themes.

2. theme
a piece of music or song that represents a movie, TV show, etc.
the theme tune from "Star Wars"

Definition of 'Theme'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Theme
a subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text

2. (noun) Theme
discourse on a certain subject

3. (noun) Theme
a composition or essay required of a pupil

4. (noun) Theme
a noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem

5. (noun) Theme
that by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument

6. (noun) Theme
the leading subject of a composition or a movement

Translation of 'Theme'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the subject of a discussion, essay etc The theme for tonight's talk is education.
Afrikaans: tema	Arabic: مَوضوع البَحْث	Bulgarian: тема
Brazilian: tema	Czech: námět	German: das Thema
Danish: tema; emne	Greek: θέμα (συζήτησης)	Spanish: tema, asunto
Estonian: teema, aine	Farsi: موضوع	Finnish: aihe
French: sujet	Hebrew: נוֹשֵא	Hindi: विषय
Croatian: tema, predmet	Hungarian: tárgy, téma	Indonesian: tema
Icelandic: umræðuefni	Italian: tema, argomento	Japanese: 主題
Korean: 주제	Lithuanian: tema	Latvian: temats; tēma
Malay: tema	Dutch: thema	Norwegian: emne, tema
Polish: temat	Portuguese: tema	Romanian: subiect
Russian: тема	Slovak: námet, téma, predmet	Slovenian: tema
Serbian: tema	Swedish: tema,ämne	Thai: หัวข้อ
Turkish: konu, tema	Taiwanese: (談話、討論的) 題目，主題	Ukrainian: тема; предмет
Urdu: موضوع	Vietnamese: chủ đề	Chinese: （谈话、讨论的）主题目
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