Theme
WordNet
noun
(1) A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
"It was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
(2) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
"Thematic vowels are part of the stem"
(3) An essay (especially one written as an assignment)
"He got an A on his composition"
(4) 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"
(5) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
"The theme is announced in the first measures"
"The accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
verb
(6) Provide with a particular theme or motive
"The restaurant often themes its menus"
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Etymology
From from , from , from , reduplicative from (whence also English ).
Noun
- a subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- a recurring idea; a motif.
- the main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- stem of a word
- thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb
- theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- topic, what is being talked about, as opposed to rheme
Related terms
- thema
- thematic
- theme music
- theme park
- theme song
- theme tune