Definitions for theme
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Princeton's WordNet(3.08 / 29 votes)Rate this definition:

1. subject, topic, themenoun

   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. theme, motifnoun

   a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

   "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

3. theme, melodic theme, musical theme, ideanoun

   (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. composition, paper, report, themenoun

   an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

   "he got an A on his composition"

5. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalverb

   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

   "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

6. themeverb

   provide with a particular theme or motive

   "the restaurant often themes its menus"

Wiktionary(3.67 / 15 votes)Rate this definition:

1. themenoun

   A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

2. themenoun

   A recurring idea; a motif.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

3. themenoun

   The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

4. themenoun

   The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

5. themenoun

   The stem of a word

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

6. themenoun

   thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

7. themenoun

   Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

8. themenoun

   Topic, what is being talked about, as opposed to rheme

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

9. themenoun

   A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

   Etymology: From tesme (French: thème), from thema, from θέμα, from τίθημι, reduplicative from dʰeh₁- (whence also English do).

Webster Dictionary(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Themenoun

   a subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text

2. Themenoun

   discourse on a certain subject

3. Themenoun

   a composition or essay required of a pupil

4. Themenoun

   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. Themenoun

   that by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument

6. Themenoun

   the leading subject of a composition or a movement

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Theme

   In music, a theme is the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based. In forms such as the fugue this may be known as the subject.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Theme

   thēm, n. a subject set or proposed for discussion, or on which a person speaks or writes, a thesis, a brief essay: a verb in its radical form unmodified by inflections: (mus.) subject, a short melody developed with variations: an administrative division under the Byzantine empire.—n. Thē′ma, that which constitutes a subject of thought.—adj. Thēmat′ic.—adv. Thēmat′ically.—n. Thē′matist, a writer of themes. [Fr. thème—L. thema—Gr. tithēmi, I place, set.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'theme' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2624

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'theme' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4206

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'theme' in Nouns Frequency: #852

How to pronounce theme?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of theme in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of theme in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of theme in a Sentence

1. Helen Lau:

   Going into 2016, the overall theme will still be there, with demand still weak as China steers away from high energy-intensive industrial growth and the replacement (of coal) by other energy sources continues.

2. Joe Scarborough:

   The whole theme was that he does the show and then he has sex with people, with employees, so was this whispered behind closed doors? No. It was shouted from the mountaintops and everybody laughed about it.

3. John Steinbeck:

   In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love.

4. Rush Limbaugh:

   For one thing, it's almost absolute proof of what I have been saying for last couple years now, that the Republican Party's trying to drive conservatives out of the party, Limbaugh said on his show Wednesday. But I think it's more than that. It's certainly that, but her speech last night sort of expanded the theme of who is and who isn't qualified to be a Republican, and the Republican Party is still anti-conservative.

5. Viktor Szabo:

   This lower-for-longer theme...has been completely reinforced. A Fed hike is priced out, a Bank of England cut is priced and that is extremely bullish for the rates market.

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