theme

//θiːm//

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: themes

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): theme
past (v2): themed
past participle (v3): themed
present participle: theming
3rd person singular: themes

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2.A recurring idea; a motif.
3.The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
4.A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To give a theme to.
- We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
2.To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1825

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Common
Academic: Uncommon
Literature: Rare

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Word family

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.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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By learning goal

Word family

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.