theme
Pronunciation: (thēm), [key]
— n., adj., v., themed, them•ing.
—n.
- a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- a unifying or dominant idea, motif, etc., as in a work of art.
- a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition.
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- a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.
- a short melodic subject from which variations are developed.
- the element common to all or most of the forms of an inflectional paradigm, often consisting of a root with certain formative elements or modifications. Cf. (def. 16).
- topic (def. 4).
- an administrative division of the Byzantine Empire.
—adj.
- having a unifying theme: a theme restaurant decorated like a spaceship.
—v.t.
- to provide with a theme.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.