Theme - definition, pronunciation, transcription

*
Amer.  |θiːm|  American pronunciation of the word theme
Brit.  |θiːm|  British pronunciation of the word theme

noun

- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion (syn: subject, topic)
his letters were always on the theme of love
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work (syn: motif)
it was the usual 'boy gets girl' theme
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition (syn: idea)
the theme is announced in the first measures
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment) (syn: composition, paper, report)
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (syn: base, radical, root, stem)

verb

- provide with a particular theme or motive
the restaurant often themes its menus

Extra examples

The quest for power is the underlying theme of the film.

A constant theme in his novels is religion.

The playwright skillfully brings together various themes.

The album focuses on themes of love and loss.

Adventures are popular themes in children's books.

The growing deficit was a dominant theme in the election.

The party had a Hawaiian luau theme.

They played the theme from the movie “Rocky.”

The book's theme is the conflict between love and duty.

Campbell has made health care a central theme in his campaign.

Nature is a recurrent theme (=a theme that appears repeatedly) in Frost's poetry.

Most of Kurt's other pictures were variations on the same theme.

Freia's theme in Wagner's opera

Her bedroom is decorated in a Victorian theme.

Your homework is to write a two-page theme on pollution.

Word forms

noun
singular: theme
plural: themes
Current translation version is made automatically. You can suggest your own version. Changes will take effect after the administrator approves them.
Original text in English:
Our translation to English:
Community translations to English:
    This feature is allowed to authorized users only.
    Please, register on our website at registration page. After registration you can log in and use that feature.
    Registration   Login   Home  
    ×