theme
nomverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //θiːm//
A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
nom
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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?" asked the stranger. Andrew shook his head, turned round, and began to move away; it was a theme that his heart could not brook.
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A recurring idea; a motif. A concept with multiple instantiations.
variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness
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A recurring idea; a motif. 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
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vieilliAn 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.
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The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
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A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
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An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
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The stem of a word.
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Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
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Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
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Topic, what is generally being talked about.
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A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Étymologie
From Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do). Doublet of thema.
verbe
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To give a theme to.
We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
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To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Formes
- pluriel
- themes
- passé
- themed
- participe passé
- themed
- participe présent
- theming
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- themes
theme · A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
themselves · The reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal…then · At that time.Then · A surname.