theme
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: broadcasting
computing
engineering
entertainment
film
grammar
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
mathematics
media
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
television
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
Inflected forms:
form: themes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: themes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: theming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: themed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: themed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
pos: noun
examples: "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.
gloss: A recurring idea; a motif.
pos: noun
examples: variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
gloss: A recurring idea; a motif.
pos: noun
examples: switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power
gloss: An essay written for school.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: 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.
gloss: The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
pos: noun
gloss: A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
pos: noun
gloss: An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
pos: noun
gloss: The stem of a word.
pos: noun
gloss: Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
pos: noun
gloss: Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
pos: noun
gloss: Topic, what is generally being talked about.
pos: noun
gloss: A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
pos: noun
gloss: To give a theme to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
gloss: To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: thema
thematic
thematisation
thematise
theme music
theme park
theme song
theme tune
Derived words: countertheme
deuterothematic
deuterotheme
dithematic
minitheme
monothematic
polythematic
prototheme
retheme
subtheme
themeable
themeless
themelet
themer
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: teema
lang: Finnish
word: aihe
lang: German
word: Motiv
lang: Hungarian
word: motívum
lang: Japanese
word: 主題
roman: shudai
lang: Māori
word: tāhuhu
lang: Māori
word: tāhū
lang: Portuguese
word: tema
lang: Romanian
word: temă
lang: Russian
word: те́ма
roman: téma
lang: Russian
word: моти́в
roman: motív
lang: Spanish
word: tema
lang: Spanish
word: temática