theme
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(noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" |
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Synonyms: motif |
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Related Words: idea, thought |
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(noun) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
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Synonyms: idea, melodic theme, musical theme |
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Related Words: air, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, motif, motive, statement, strain, tune, variation |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: subject, topic |
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Related Words: content, head, keynote, message, question, subject matter, substance |
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(noun) an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" |
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Synonyms: composition, paper, report |
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Related Words: essay |
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" |
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Synonyms: base, radical, root, root word, stem |
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Related Words: form, word form |
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