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noun
1.
a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
2.
a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.
3.
a short, informal essay, especially a school composition.
4.
Music.
a.
a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.
b.
a short melodic subject from which variations are developed.
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EXPANDadjective
8.
having a unifying theme: a theme restaurant decorated like a spaceship.
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Theme
is always a great word to know.
So is dotted quarter rest. Does it mean:
| quarter rest that is lengthened by a dot |
| chord of three tones, one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third augmented |
verb (used with object)
9.
to provide with a theme.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English teme, theme (< Old French teme) < Medieval Latin thema, Latin < Greek théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down
1250–1300; Middle English teme, theme (< Old French teme) < Medieval Latin thema, Latin < Greek théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down
Related forms
theme·less, adjective
sub·theme, noun
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| theme (θiːm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an idea or topic expanded in a discourse, discussion, etc |
| 2. | (in literature, music, art, etc) a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work |
| 3. | music a group of notes forming a recognizable melodic unit, often used as the basis of the musical material in a composition |
| 4. | a short essay, esp one set as an exercise for a student |
| 5. | linguistics the first major constituent of a sentence, usually but not necessarily the subject. In the sentence history I do like, "history" is the theme of the sentence, even though it is the object of the verb |
| 6. | grammar root another word for stem |
| 7. | (in the Byzantine Empire) a territorial unit consisting of several provinces under a military commander |
| 8. | (modifier) planned or designed round one unifying subject, image, etc: a theme holiday |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) to design, decorate, arrange, etc, in accordance with a theme |
| [C13: from Latin thema, from Greek: deposit, from tithenai to lay down] | |
| 'themeless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
theme
c.1300, from O.Fr. tesme (13c., with silent -s-), from L. thema "a subject, thesis," from Gk. thema "a proposition, subject, deposit," lit. "something set down," from root of tithenai "put down, place," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Extension to
EXPANDmusic first recorded 1674; theme song first attested 1929. Theme park is from 1960.
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Cultural Dictionary
theme definition
A central idea in a piece of writing or other work of art: “The theme of desperation is found throughout his novels.” Also a short composition assigned to a student as a writing exercise.
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