topic — Diccionario de inglés

Adjetivo

1. topical

Sustantivo

1. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.

   Sinónimos

   ground

   Ejemplos

   A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.

   stick to the topic

   Más ejemplos (3)

   an interesting topic of conversation

   romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation

   The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy.

2. A discussion thread.

   Uso

   • Internet

   Ejemplos

   If after the update you still run into bugs or odd behavior, please report them in the appropriate Steam Community thread or the relevant Discord channel/topic.

3. A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.

4. A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.

   Ejemplos

   In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations.

5. An argument or reason.

   Uso

   • en desuso

   Ejemplos

   contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon

6. An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

   Uso

   • en desuso

   Ejemplos

   Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths.

Sustantivo

1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   Sinónimos

   subjecttheme

   Términos más generales

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Ejemplos

   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

2. some situation or event that is thought about

   Sinónimos

   subjectissuematter

   Términos más generales

   contentcognitive contentmental object

   Ejemplos

   he kept drifting off the topic

   he had been thinking about the subject for several years

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   it is a matter for the police