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 Definitions of Topic  [ˈtɒp ɪk]  

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Definition of 'Topic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) topic
a subject of conversation or discussion.

2.  topic
the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.

Etymology:  (1560–70; < L topica (pl.) < Gk () topiká name of work by Aristotle (lit., (things) pertaining to commonplaces), der. of tópos commonplace; see topo -)

Definition of 'Topic' 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) topic, subject, issue, matter
some situation or event that is thought about
"he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"


Definition of 'Topic' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) topic
a subject
an interesting topic; the topic of conversation


Definition of 'Topic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Topic
topical

2. (noun) Topic
one of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory

3. (noun) Topic
a treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle

4. (noun) Topic
an argument or reason

5. (noun) Topic
the subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head

6. (noun) Topic
an external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc


Translation of 'Topic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something spoken or written about; a subject
They discussed the weather and other topics.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onderwerp Arabic flag Arabic: مَوْضوع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тема
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tópico Czech flag Czech: námět German flag German: das Thema
Danish flag Danish: emne Greek flag Greek: θέμα Spanish flag Spanish: asunto, tema
Estonian flag Estonian: kõneaine, teema Farsi flag Farsi: موضوع Finnish flag Finnish: aihe
French flag French: sujet Hebrew flag Hebrew: נוֹשֵא Hindi flag Hindi: विषय
Croatian flag Croatian: tema, predmet (razgovora) Hungarian flag Hungarian: (beszéd)téma Indonesian flag Indonesian: topik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (umræðu)efni Italian flag Italian: argomento Japanese flag Japanese: 話題
Korean flag Korean: 제목, 화제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tema Latvian flag Latvian: temats
Malay flag Malay: topik Dutch flag Dutch: onderwerp Norwegian flag Norwegian: emne
Polish flag Polish: temat Persian flag Persian: موضوع Pashto flag Pashto: موضوع، عنوان، دخبرې سره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tópico Romanian flag Romanian: subiect Russian flag Russian: тема
Slovak flag Slovak: námet Slovenian flag Slovenian: tema Serbian flag Serbian: tema
Swedish flag Swedish: [samtals]ämne Thai flag Thai: หัวข้อ Turkish flag Turkish: konu, mevzu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 題目,主題 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тема, предмет обговорення Urdu flag Urdu: موضوع
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chủ đề Chinese flag Chinese: 题目,主题

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