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theme

/θim/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

    he didn't want to discuss that subject

  2. noun

    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

    it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

  3. noun

    (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

    the theme is announced in the first measures

  4. noun

    an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

    he got an A on his composition

  5. noun

    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    thematic vowels are part of the stem

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