English dictionary
theme
nounPronunciation
/θiːm/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- A recurring idea; a motif.
- An essay written for school.
- The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
verb
- To give a theme to.
- To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Example sentences
We themed the birthday party around superheroes.