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θiːm
Substantiv
A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
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"Had not you once a beautiful daughter, named Mary?" said the stranger. "It is a heartrending question, man," said Andrew; "but certes, I had once a beloved daughter named Mary." "What became of her?" asked the stranger. Andrew shook his head, turned round, and began to move away; it was a theme that his heart could not brook.
A recurring idea; a motif. A concept with multiple instantiations.
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variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
A recurring idea; a motif. Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
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switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power
An essay written for school.
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Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
[…] his themes and exercises were in constant demand for what we called cogging and American students rather grandly called plagiarization.
The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
The 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 generally being talked about.
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Verb
To give a theme to.
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We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
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Substantiv
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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he didn't want to discuss that subject
it was a very sensitive topic
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his letters were always on the theme of love
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
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it was the usual ‘boy gets girl’ theme
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
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the theme is announced in the first measures
the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
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he got an A on his composition
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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thematic vowels are part of the stem
Verb
provide with a particular theme or motive
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the restaurant often themes its menus