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theme |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Theme \Theme\, n. [OE. teme, OF teme, F. th[`e]me, L. thema, Gr ?, fr ? to set place See {Do}, and cf {Thesis}.] 1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text. My theme is alway one and ever was --Chaucer. And when a soldier was the theme, my name Was not far off --Shak. 2. Discourse on a certain subject. Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers Plowman. It was the subject of my theme. --Shak. 3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke. 4. (Gram.) 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. That by means of which a thing is done means instrument. [Obs.] --Swift. 6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: theme n 1: 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" [syn: {subject}, {topic}] 2: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" [syn: {motif}] 3: melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: {melodic theme}, {musical theme}, {idea}] 4: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" [syn: {composition}, {paper}, {report}] 5: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: {root}, {root word}, {base}, {stem}, {radical}]
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