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theme

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 27.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
  2. noun A recurring idea; a motif. A concept with multiple instantiations.
    variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
  3. noun A concept with multiple instantiations.
    variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
  4. noun Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
    switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power
  5. noun An essay written for school.
  6. noun The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
  7. noun A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
  8. noun An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.

Similar words

topic root word idea report composition base radical subject motif paper

Often followed by

of in is and that was for which to

Word family

thematic thematically themed themes

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