/θiːm/
OriginFrom Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
“"Had not you once a beautiful daughter, named Mary?" said the stranger.
"It is a heartrending question, man," said Andrew; "but certes, I had once a beloved daughter named Mary."
"What became of her?"”
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
“variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness”
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
“switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power”
- datedAn essay written for school.
“Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.”
“[…] his themes and exercises were in constant demand for what we called cogging and American students rather grandly called plagiarization.”
- 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.
- An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- 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.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- transitiveTo give a theme to.
“We themed the birthday party around superheroes.”
- transitiveTo apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Formsthemes(plural) · themes(present, singular, third-person) · theming(participle, present) · themed(participle, past) · themed(past)