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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Theme \Theme\, n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. th[`e]me, L. thema,
     Gr. ?, fr. ? to set, place. See Do, and cf. Thesis.]
     1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a
        proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My theme is alway one and ever was.   --Chaucer.
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              And when a soldier was the theme, my name
              Was not far off.                      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Discourse on a certain subject.
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              Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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              It was the subject of my theme.       --Shak.
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     3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke.
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     4. (Gram.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also,
        that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged
        (except by euphonic variations) in declension or
        conjugation; stem.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
        [Obs.] --Swift.
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     6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Theme \Theme\, n. [OE. teme, OF. teme, F. th[`e]me, L. thema,
     Gr. ?, fr. ? to set, place. See Do, and cf. Thesis.]
     1. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a
        proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
  
              My theme is alway one and ever was.   --Chaucer.
  
              And when a soldier was the theme, my name Was not
              far off.                              --Shak.
  
     2. Discourse on a certain subject.
  
              Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
  
              It was the subject of my theme.       --Shak.
  
     3. A composition or essay required of a pupil. --Locke.
  
     4. (Gram.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also,
        that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged
        (except by euphonic variations) in declension or
        conjugation; stem.
  
     5. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
        [Obs.] --Swift.
  
     6. (Mus.) The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  theme
       n 1: 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" [syn: subject, topic]
       2: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or
          artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
          [syn: motif]
       3: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme
          is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist
          picked up the idea and elaborated it" [syn: melodic theme,
           musical theme, idea]
       4: an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got
          an A on his composition" [syn: composition, paper, report]
       5: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
          removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root,
           root word, base, stem, radical]
       v : provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant
           often themes its menus"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     n.
     A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give a theme to.
     2 (lb en computing transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the
  visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     n.
     A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give a theme to.
     2 (lb en computing transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the
  visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     n.
     A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give a theme to.
     2 (lb en computing transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the
  visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     n.
     A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To give a theme to.
     2 (lb en computing transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the
  visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     Englanti n.
     aihe, teema, aihepiiri

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  theme
     Engelska n.
     tema

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  onderwerp

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Theme /θˈiːm/
  الموضوع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  theme //θiːm// 
  1. основа
  grammar: stem of a word
  2. тема
  music: main melody of a piece of music
  3. те́ма
  subject of a talk or an artistic piece

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  téma

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  theme /θˈiːm/ 
  námět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  předmět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  motiv

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  theme /θˈiːm/ 
  thema 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  Sujet , Stoff , Thema  [art]
     Synonym: subject
  
   see: musical subject, musical theme, photographic subject, photographic motif
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  Thema  [immer wiederkehrendes] , Thematik , Leitgedanke , Leitmotiv 
        "rooms designed on a theme"  - thematisch gestaltete Räume
        "the theme of love"  - das Thema Liebe
        "the immigration theme"  - Ausländerthema
        "be a constant theme"  - ein Dauerthema sein
        "The Liberals exploit the immigration theme."  - Die Liberalen schlachten das Ausländerthema aus.
        "The conflict between good and evil is the underlying theme of the film."  - Der Konflikt zwischen Gut und Böse ist das eigentliche Thema des Films.
        "monopolize a theme"  - ein Thema besetzen (für sich vereinnahmen)
        "We must not allow the Conservatives to monopolize the theme of Europe."  - Wir dürfen nicht zulassen, dass die Konservativen das Europathema besetzen.
   see: themes, theme decorations
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  Thema  [mus.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  Thema  [ling.]
           Note: eines Satzes
           Note: bekannte Kontextinformation
     Synonym: topic
  
           Note: of a sentence

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  Themen…, themenbezogen, Motto…, unter einem Thema/Motto stehend 
           Note: Örtlichkeit; Veranstaltung
        "rainforest-themed restaurant"  - Regenwaldrestaurant
        "Hawaiian-themed party"  - Südseeparty
     Synonym: themed
  
   see: themed restaurant, theme restaurant, themed day, theme day, themed party, theme party
  
           Note: only before noun
           Note: place, event

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  
  θέμα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  theme //θiːm// 
  1. vartalo
  grammar: stem of a word
  2. aihe, puheenaihe
  linguistics: topic, what is generally being talked about
  3. teema
  music: main melody of a piece of music
  4. aihe, teema
  recurring idea
  5. aihe
  subject of a talk or an artistic piece

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  theme /θiːm/
  composition, sujet, thème

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  theme /θˈiːm/ 
  1. विषय
        "My friend chose a good theme for her story.."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  predmet, tema, temu

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  1. motívum
  2. irodalmi dolgozat
  3. téma
  4. anyag
  5. szótô
  6. tétel
  7. tárgy

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  theme //θiːm// 
  tema
  subject of a talk or an artistic piece

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  theme //θiːm// 
  1. テーマ
  computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.
  2. テーマ曲, 主題曲
  music: main melody of a piece of music
  3. 主題
  recurring idea
  4. 主題, テーマ, 話題
  subject of a talk or an artistic piece

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  theme /θiːm/
  1. tema, rašinys
  2. kamienas (gram.)

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  theme /θiːm/
  apropos, onderwerp, stof, thema

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  theme /θi:m/
  I.   1.  temat
   2.  sygnał audycji, sygnał
  II.    tytułowy
  III.  theme song /ˈθi:msɒŋ/  1.  melodia przewodnia
   2.  sygnał muzyczny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  theme /θiːm/ 
  tema, assunto, motivo

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  temă

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  theme //θiːm// 
  tema 2.
  subject of a talk or an artistic piece
   3.
  computing: collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc.
   4.
  music: main melody of a piece of music
   5.
  recurring idea

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  theme /θˈiːm/
  1. mevzu, konu, madde, tem, tema
  2. öğrenciye verilen yazı ödevi
  3. (dilb.) kök, gövde
  4. (müz.) tema
  5. (tar.) Bizans imparatorluğunda idari bölge. theme song bir dans orkestrasının kendisini belirtmek için kullandığı müzik parçası.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈθim/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  175 Moby Thesaurus words for "theme":
     IC analysis, accidence, action, affix, affixation, allomorph,
     anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument,
     article, atmosphere, background, background detail, basis,
     bound morpheme, burden, case, catastrophe, causerie, chapter,
     characterization, color, complication, composition, concept,
     concern, conjugation, continuity, contrivance, core, cutting,
     declension, decorative composition, decorative style, denouement,
     derivation, descant, design, detail, development, device,
     difference of form, discourse, discussion, disquisition,
     dissertation, enclitic, episode, essay, essence, etude,
     examination, excursus, exercise, exposition, fable, falling action,
     feature, figure, first approach, focus of attention,
     focus of interest, foil, foreground detail, form, formative,
     free form, gimmick, gist, head, heading, homily, idea,
     immediate constituent analysis, incident, infix, infixation,
     inflection, introductory study, issue, keynote, leitmotiv, line,
     living issue, local color, lucubration, main point, matter,
     matter in hand, meat, memoir, monograph, mood, morceau, morph,
     morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology,
     morphophonemics, motif, motive, movement, mythos, national style,
     note, notion, ornamental motif, outline, pandect, paper, paradigm,
     paragraph, pattern, period style, peripeteia, phrase, piece, plan,
     plot, point, point at issue, point in question, prefix,
     prefixation, preliminary study, problem, proclitic, prolegomenon,
     question, radical, recognition, repeated figure, research paper,
     review, rising action, root, rubric, scheme, screed,
     secondary plot, setting, sketch, slant, special article, stem,
     story, structure, study, style, subject, subject matter,
     subject of thought, subplot, substance, suffix, suffixation,
     survey, switch, term paper, text, thematic development, thesis,
     thread, tone, topic, touch, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment,
     twist, word-formation
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 主题,话题,题目;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 主题,论题,话题,题目,作文题

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