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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Theme \Theme\, n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. th[`e]me, L. thema,
Gr. ?, fr. ? to set, place. See Do, and cf. Thesis.]
1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a
proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
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My theme is alway one and ever was. --Chaucer.
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And when a soldier was the theme, my name
Was not far off. --Shak.
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2. Discourse on a certain subject.
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Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers
Plowman.
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It was the subject of my theme. --Shak.
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3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke.
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4. (Gram.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also,
that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged
(except by euphonic variations) in declension or
conjugation; stem.
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5. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
[Obs.] --Swift.
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6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
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WordNet Theme
n 1: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he
didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very
sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme
of love" [syn: subject, topic]
2: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or
artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
[syn: motif]
3: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme
is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist
picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: melodic theme,
musical theme, idea]
4: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got
an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper, report]
5: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root,
root word, base, stem, radical]
v : provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant
often themes its menus"

Moby Dictionary
IC analysis , accidence , action , affix , affixation , allomorph ,
anagnorisis , angle , architectonics , architecture , argument ,
article , atmosphere , background , background detail , basis ,
bound morpheme , burden , case , catastrophe , causerie , chapter ,
characterization , color , complication , composition , concept ,
concern , conjugation , continuity , contrivance , core , cutting ,
declension , decorative composition , decorative style , denouement ,
derivation , descant , design , detail , development , device ,
difference of form , discourse , discussion , disquisition ,
dissertation , enclitic , episode , essay , essence , etude ,
examination , excursus , exercise , exposition , fable , falling action ,
feature , figure , first approach , focus of attention ,
focus of interest , foil , foreground detail , form , formative ,
free form , gimmick , gist , head , heading , homily , idea ,
immediate constituent analysis , incident , infix , infixation ,
inflection , introductory study , issue , keynote , leitmotiv , line ,
living issue , local color , lucubration , main point , matter ,
matter in hand , meat , memoir , monograph , mood , morceau , morph ,
morpheme , morphemic analysis , morphemics , morphology ,
morphophonemics , motif , motive , movement , mythos , national style ,
note , notion , ornamental motif , outline , pandect , paper , paradigm ,
paragraph , pattern , period style , peripeteia , phrase , piece , plan ,
plot , point , point at issue , point in question , prefix ,
prefixation , preliminary study , problem , proclitic , prolegomenon ,
question , radical , recognition , repeated figure , research paper ,
review , rising action , root , rubric , scheme , screed ,
secondary plot , setting , sketch , slant , special article , stem ,
story , structure , study , style , subject , subject matter ,
subject of thought , subplot , substance , suffix , suffixation ,
survey , switch , term paper , text , thematic development , thesis ,
thread , tone , topic , touch , tract , tractate , treatise , treatment ,
twist , word-formation