SkyfireDict

theme   (TTS Sound)

The noun theme has 5 senses

• subject, topic, theme -- (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")


• theme, motif -- (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme")


• theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea -- ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it")


• composition, paper, report, theme -- (an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition")


• root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical -- ((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem")

The verb theme has 1 sense

• theme -- (provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus")