Lexic.us

Definition of Theme

1. Verb. Provide with a particular theme or motive. "The restaurant often themes its menus"

2. Noun. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. "His letters were always on the theme of love"

3. Noun. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work. "It was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

4. Noun. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition. "The accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

5. Noun. An essay (especially one written as an assignment). "He got an A on his composition"

6. Noun. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed. "Thematic vowels are part of the stem"

Definition of Theme

1. n. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

Definition of Theme

1. Noun. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. ¹

2. Noun. A recurring idea; a motif. ¹

3. Noun. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations. ¹

4. Noun. (computing figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif. ¹

5. Noun. (grammar) The stem of a word ¹

6. Noun. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb ¹

7. Noun. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory. ¹

8. Noun. (linguistics) Topic, what is being talked about, as opposed to rheme ¹

9. Noun. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Theme

1. to plan something according to a central subject [v THEMED, THEMING, THEMES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theme

thematisation thematisations thematise thematised thematises thematising thematization thematizations thematize thematized

thematizes thematizing thematological thematologies thematology theme (current term) theme parks theme song theme songs themeable

themed themeless themes theming themis thems themselfs themselves

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