topic — Dicionário de inglês

Adjetivo

1. topical

Substantivo

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

   Sinônimos

   ground

   Exemplos

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

   stick to the topic

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   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

   Exemplos

   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.

   Exemplos

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

5. An argument or reason.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Exemplos

   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

   • obsoleto

   Exemplos

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

Substantivo

1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   Sinônimos

   subjecttheme

   Termos mais gerais

   messagecontentsubject mattersubstance

   Exemplos

   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

   Sinônimos

   subjectissuematter

   Termos mais gerais

   contentcognitive contentmental object

   Exemplos

   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