Theme

English

Etymology

Template:PIE root From Template:Der, from Template:Der, Template:M (Template:Cog), from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:M, reduplicative from Template:Der (whence also Template:Cog).

Pronunciation

• /θiːm/
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• Template:Rhymes (for the sense dealing with the Byzantine empire only) Template:Rfv-pronunciation

Noun

1. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2. A recurring idea; a motif.
3. Template:Lb An essay written for school.
   • 1917, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

     Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.

4. Template:Lb The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
5. Template:Lb A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
6. Template:Lb The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
7. Template:Lb The stem of a word.
8. Template:Lb thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
9. Template:Lb Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
10. Template:Lb Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
11. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

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Verb

1. Template:Lb To give a theme to.

   We themed the birthday party around superheroes.

2. Template:Lb To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

References

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Middle English

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