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NOUN (5)

1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
- Example: "he didn't want to discuss that subject"
- Example: "it was a very sensitive topic"
- Example: "his letters were always on the theme of love"
[syn: subject, topic, theme]

2. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work;
- Example: "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme";
[syn: theme, motif]

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

4. an essay (especially one written as an assignment);
- Example: "he got an A on his composition"
[syn: composition, paper, report, theme]

5. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
- Example: "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
[syn: root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical]


VERB (1)

1. provide with a particular theme or motive;
- Example: "the restaurant often themes its menus"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            My theme is alway one and ever was.   --Chaucer.
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            And when a soldier was the theme, my name
            Was not far off.                      --Shak.
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   2. Discourse on a certain subject.
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            Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers
                                                  Plowman.
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            It was the subject of my theme.       --Shak.
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   3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke.
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   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.
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   5. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
      [Obs.] --Swift.
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   6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, theme]
    2: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or
       artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" [syn:
       theme, motif]
    3: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme
       is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked
       up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: theme, 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, theme]
    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, theme, radical]
    v 1: provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant
         often themes its menus"