- the Med ⇒
the Mediterranean region
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
theme /θim/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
the•mat•i•cal•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a subject of a talk, a thought, or a piece of writing; topic:He returned to the theme of American values.
- a unifying idea, or the most obvious point, as in a work of art, etc.
- a short, informal essay, esp. a school composition.
the•mat•i•cal•ly, adv.
theme
(thēm),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., themed, them•ing.
n.
adj.
v.t.
theme′less, adj.
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.
- Music and Dance
- a principal melodic subject in a musical composition.
- a short melodic subject from which variations are developed.
- Grammarthe 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. stem 1 (def. 16).
- Linguisticstopic (def. 4).
- World HistoryAlso, thema. 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.
- Greek théma proposition, deposit, akin to tithénai to put, set down
- Medieval Latin thema, Latin
- Old French teme)
- Middle English teme, theme (1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged thesis, text. See subject.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged paper.
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an idea or topic expanded in a discourse, discussion, etc (in literature, music, art, etc) a unifying idea, image, or motif, repeated or developed throughout a work a group of notes forming a recognizable melodic unit, often used as the basis of the musical material in a composition a short essay, esp one set as an exercise for a student - another word for
,root 1 9 stem 1 9 - (modifier)
planned or designed round one unifying subject, image, etc: a theme holiday
- (transitive)
to design, decorate, arrange, etc, in accordance with a theme
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