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Definition: Theme |
ThemeNoun1. 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". 2. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme". 3. Melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it". 4. An essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition". 5. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "theme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Theme \Theme\, noun. [from Old English expression teme, Old French teme, French th[`e]me, from Latin expression thema, Greek, from to set, place. See Do, and compare to Thesis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | The -- is the type of appeal, emotional or rational, which is made by the advertisement to its audience. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | A melody that is identified with a radio or television program; a signature. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The short melody played by a band before starting a programme. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Science fiction has a number of common concepts and themes that have been reused by numerous authors. Some have become cliches, and only truly novel treatments of them gain attention, whilst others have become "part of the furniture", ie they can be included in a story without much explanation, because readers are all already familiar with the core concept.In alphabetical order:
- Aliens (see Aliens in fiction)
- Alien invasion
- Benevolent aliens
- First contact
- Principles of non-interference (e.g. Prime Directive)
- Xenobiology
- Androids
- Cyborgs and Cybernetics
- Robots
- Apocalypses or world wide disasters
- See also Post-apocalyptic science fiction
- Arcologies
- Artificial intelligence
- Clones
- Colonisation
- Terraforming
- Cosmology
- Creation of the Universe
- Ultimate fate of the Universe
- Omega Point
- Cryonics
- Cyberpunk
- Steampunk
- Ecology
- Science Fiction is used to raise awareness of Ecological ideas. Lends itself well to dystopian futures. Frank Herbert and Kim Stanley Robinson are known for their serious concern with ecological issues.
- Economics
- Post-"Age of Scarcity" (arguments over how to distribute resources are irrelevant since anyone can have anything they reasonably want, e.g. The Culture, and the problems of excessive wealth as in Frederik Pohl's The Midas Plague)
- Fantasy fiction
- Galactic Empire
- History
- Alternate history
- History repeating itself (either on long or short scales)
- Scientific prediction of the future (e.g. Psychohistory)
- Secret history
- Horror fiction
- Interstellar travel
- Faster than Light
- Hyperspace
- Warp drivess
- Wormholes
- Very nearly light speed
- Ursula LeGuin's NAFAL ships, and the Twin paradox
- Much slower than Light
- Generation ship
- Sleeper ship
- Moving planets
- Language
- Alien languages (e.g. Klingon)
- All humans speaking one language (possibly Esperanto)
- Current human languages evolving/splitting
- The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis being strongly true (eg Babel 17 by Samuel R. Delany or The Languages of Pao by Jack Vance)
- Universal Translators (e.g. Babelfish)
- Military - strategy, weapons, ranks, technologies.
- Ray guns
- Space warfare
- Mind
- Artificial intelligence
- Beings of pure mentality
- Hive minds
- Memory removal/editing
- Mind control
- Mind uploading
- Neural implants and interfacing with machinery (directly)
- Solipsism
- Mutants
- Parallel worlds or universes.
- Planets in Science Fiction
- Politics
- Dystopias and (supposed) utopias
- Galactic Empire
- Interstellar federation of planets
- Totalitarianism vs. Libertarianism
- World government
- Workable anarchism
- Post-apocalyptic science fiction and new societies that develop after the event
- There is a space based civilization variant of this theme. This plot device allows writers to write Soft Science Fiction while accounting for the lack of technological advancement and thus similarity to the present day.
- Posthumanism
- Enhancement of the organism
- Body modification, including genetic modification
- Cyborgs
- Psi powers
- Clairvoyance
- Telepathy
- Telekinesis
- Sex (including gender roles, sexuality and procreation)
- Shapeshifting
- Simulated reality
- Sociology and sociobiology
- return to feudalism
- hive-like eusocial societies
- future caste systems
- Superhumans
- Technology and its side effects
- Nanotechnology
- Singularity
- Telepathy
- Teleportation
- Time travel
- Anachronism
- The Grandfather paradox -- e.g. Can someone go back in time and kill his parents before they beget the killer?
- Uplift
- Virtual reality
External Links
- http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/scifi.html
- http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_citations.shtml
- http://www.itsf.org/resources/keywords.php
- http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/sfthemes.html
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Science fiction themes."
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The Themes of HeracliusDuring the late sixth and early seventh centuries AD, the Byzantine Empire was under assault. The Persian Empire was pressing it from the south and east, assaulting Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia. Slavs and Avars raided Greece and disputed the Balkan holdings of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Lombards freely raided northern Italy, completely unopposed. The treasury of the Empire was drained and its generals were in open rebellion. Under such circumstance, Heraclius ascended to the throne and instituted the reforms that would serve as the backbone of the Empire for generations to come.
The reorganizations of Heraclius were sorely needed, as is evident. With wars being waged simultaneously in the east and the west, the public coffers were all but empty. Furthermore, the empire was relying substantially on mercenaries to fight its wars, a sure sign of weakness. The basic objective of Heraclius’s alterations was to return the military to the Republican system of landed citizen armies. In order to do this, Heraclius began distributing land to the armies and the individual soldiers in exchange for hereditary military duty at a reduced expense to the state.
A Thema was a plot of land given to the soldiers to farm. They were still technically a military unit, under the command of a Strategos, a military and civil authority. The soldiers did not technically own the land they worked. It was still controlled by the state, and therefore for its use the Soldier’s pay was reduced. Furthermore, by accepting this proposition, the participant agreed that his descendants would also serve in the military and work in a Thema, thus simultaneously reducing the need for unpopular drafts as well as cheaply expanding the military. It also allowed for the settling of conquered lands because these Themes could be rapidly formed into military units and there was always a substantial addition made to public lands during a conquest.
This system of transplanting military units into unsettled lands and creating an inherent loyalty to the state, something every government has struggled with, greatly strengthened the Byzantine Empire. Over the next several decades, the Persians were routed and their empire ceased to exist, the Slavs and Avars were reduced and rebellions within the empire became far less common. The Themes military structure rescued the Eastern Roman Empire from destruction and gave it a durability that would last for centuries to come.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thema."
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In music, themes are frequently called motifs. After the principal theme or motif is announced, a second voice takes up the second melody, called a countertheme or countermotif. In a three-part fugue, the principal theme is announced three times in three different voices -- soprano, alto, bass -- or some variation of that. In a four-part fugue, the principal motif is announced four times. A leitmotif is a theme associated with a particular character in a play.
In literature, a theme is the main idea of the story, or the message the author is conveying. This message is usually about life, society or human nature. Not all stories have themes (they are optional in escape fiction).
General rules for stating a theme are:
- Use complete sentences.
- Make a point about a specific topic. For example, the statements that the theme is love is incorrect- what about love?
- Do not use names. Instead use one, a person, people, etc.
- Do not use absolutes such as: always, never, everyone, must, everybody, etc.
- Do not use cliches, e.g. Crime doesn't pay.
- Do not give lessons or morals.
- A theme must be based on and supported by the entire story.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Theme."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
THEME | English | The Hydrogen Economy MIAMY Energy Conference | Electrical Engineering, Chemical Industry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ThemeSynonyms: base (n), composition (n), idea (n), melodic theme (n), motif (n), musical theme (n), paper (n), radical (n), report (n), root (n), root word (n), stem (n), subject (n), topic (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dissertation | Noun: dissertation, treatise, essay; thesis, theme; monograph, tract, tractate, tractation; discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect; excursus. |
Idea | Subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem; (question). |
Teaching | Homework; take-home lesson; exercise for the student; theme, project. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | All major theme parks have delays (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton) All the great themes have been used up and turned into theme parks (Pump Up the Volume; writing credit: Allan Moyle) Okay we theme, you potion (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Be on this show, in front of this audience, with my theme song (Get Well Soon; writing credit: Justin McCarthy) Forget your stupid theme park (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Lyrics | It's the same old theme since 1916 (Zombie; performing artist: The Cranberries) There's one theme that we find right along (Oedipus Rex; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Clever | What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song music. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Thelma sings the theme song. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959) Scrappy's Theme Song (1934) Theme Park Secrets (2003) The Obsessive Love Theme (1998) Theme Hospital (1997) | |
Song Titles | Hill Street Blues, Theme From (performing artist: Rodney Franklin) Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Instrumental) (performing artist: Henry Mancini) Theme From "Shaft" (performing artist: Isaac Hayes) Miami Vice Theme (performing artist: Jan Hammer) Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It Or Not) (performing artist: Joey Scarbury) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Dangers of the Whale Fishery". An early representation of a whale boat being upended by the prey. This theme would be common in much 19th Century marine art . In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 . Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Photograph taken circa 1942-43. He is credited with originating the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" while encouraging sailors in action during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941. Soon thereafter, it became the title and theme of a popular song. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Why not try this variation on Nero's theme, Benito?. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pomeroy's, business in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Furniture department, theme center. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Theme Park Building" by Josh Jarmin Commentary: "Just a strange looking tent/building at a theme park." | "Red theme" by Sergey Lebedev Commentary: "Gothic theme." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Excerpt typical of a children's science television show theme song. | | Reggae-influenced synthesized melodic tune very typical of a television show theme of the 1980's. |
| Excerpt typical of a television talk show theme song. | | Synthesized marimba melody in a theme and variations example. |
| Miami vice theme song played on a drum machine. | | Syncopated digital percussion with a melody playing a theme and variations. |
| Miami vice theme song played on a drum machine. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. -- A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation. |
Henry James | I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. |
Lord Byron | Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. |
Lucretius | On a dark theme I trace verses full of light, touching all the muses' charm. |
William Cowper | It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The first theme reflects increasing recognition that similar cellular processes contribute to damage in many different neurological disorders. (references) | |
The theme of the Symposium will be "Current Controversies in Research in Pathogenesis and Treatment of Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders". (references) | ||
The second theme mirrors one of the most active areas in all of biology — how cells die. Cells, including those in the spinal cord, die in two general ways. Necrosis is a relatively uncontrolled process in which cells swell and break open, leaking substances that can be toxic to their neighbors. (references) | ||
Business | Tours with a gastronomic theme, historical theme, etc. Are also popular. (references) | |
There is interest in theme restaurants with Mexican, pasta, and seafood motifs. (references) | ||
Healthcare is the main theme of the following international trade fair held in Chile. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Guatemala | In July Jose Ruben Escalante, director of the radio program Agenda 2000, reportedly received numerous threats of violence by telephone after addressing the controversial theme of tax increases. (references) |
China | The Communist Party reportedly has issued circulars ordering Party members not to adhere to religious beliefs, and to remind Party cadres that religion was incompatible with Party membership, a theme reflected in authoritative media. (references) | |
Belarus | University administrators targeted and strongly discouraged research into politically sensitive subjects, such as the Belarusian independence movement during the Soviet era, a theme that is seen to challenge the State's policy of integration with Russia. (references) | |
Economic History | Cuba (09/01) | Support for the Cuban people is the central theme of our policy. (references) |
Venezuela | Theme parks in Florida and shopping are the big time sellers for Venezuelan tourists. (references) | |
Brazil | This sector received US$1.2 billion in theme park investments over the last five years. (references) | |
Political Economy | Venezuela | A central theme of Chávez's "Bolivarian Revolution" is the need for "participatory democracy." While the actual meaning of "participatory democracy" remains unclear, the Chávez government has had an uneasy relationship with civil society organizations. (references) |
UNITED KINGDOM | In line with the government's central theme of promoting modernization through investment in high-tech industries, the Chancellor announced that capital gains taxes for businesses in operation over five years will be reduced from 40 percent to 10 percent (previously only companies in business over ten years received this lower rate). (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | The National Joint Implementation (JI) Strategy Study will provide Ukrainian authorities with tools and develop options for their use to analyze the opportunities presented by potential international markets for GHG emission reductions through the mechanism of JI. The Study will pursue this objective from Ukraine's perspective and analyze the general elements that impact any future market for GHG emission reductions; second, it will help Ukraine to identify priorities within climate change theme. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Theme" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.16% of the time. "Theme" is used about 3,820 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.16% | 3,788 | 2,574 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.76% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (common) | 0.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,820 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Theme International Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "theme": main theme ♦ melodic theme ♦ musical theme ♦ pick out as a central theme ♦ psychological theme ♦ the main theme ♦ theme park ♦ theme song. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "theme": theme-based, theme-city, theme-park, theme-pub, theme-pubs, theme-rheme, theme-setting, theme-tunes. | |
Ending with "theme": rheme-theme, sub-theme. | |
Containing "theme": bond-theme-that-never-was. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
desktop theme | 14,482 | the matrix desktop theme | 451 |
desktop file theme | 6,642 | theme hospital | 407 |
theme park | 5,667 | theme park ticket | 391 |
theme | 5,403 | computer theme | 373 |
free desktop theme | 3,340 | xp desktop theme | 370 |
theme for window xp | 2,552 | sim theme park | 368 |
theme xp | 2,350 | baby shower theme | 362 |
theme party | 2,168 | tv theme | 358 |
aim theme | 1,117 | universal studio theme park | 354 |
free theme | 1,020 | silverwood theme park | 348 |
window theme | 1,006 | window desktop theme | 330 |
wedding theme | 719 | the matrix theme | 329 |
birthday party theme | 589 | desk top theme | 322 |
macintosh theme | 550 | free desktop theme downloads | 320 |
six flag theme park | 544 | wild adventure theme park | 299 |
pc pocket theme | 528 | frontpage theme | 291 |
tv theme song | 512 | preschool theme | 288 |
nursery theme | 510 | anime desktop theme | 247 |
window xp desktop theme | 461 | theme cruise | 244 |
theme song | 457 | bridal shower theme | 244 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "theme"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | onderwerp (subject, topic). (various references) | |
Albanian | temë (argument, burden, heading, subject, subject matter, topic), motiv (course, motif, motive, pattern, persuasive, reason, spring), lëndë (copy, course, material, matter, stuff, subject, substance). (various references) | |
Arabic | فكرة رئيسية (motif), موضوع تعبوي, موضوع (item, matter, motif, object, question, subject, topic), جذر الكلمة (radical, stem). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сигнал на радиостанция, тема (area, argument, chapter, message, motif, motive, subject, subject matter, text, topic), основа (accidence, alkali, base, basis, bed, foot, footing, foundation, fundamental, grounding, groundwork, joint, lye, pedestal, radix, seat, seating, sole, staff, stem, substratum, substructure, underpinning, warp, warp and woof). (various references) | |
Chinese | 题材, 主題 (subject). (various references) | |
Czech | tematika, téma (subject, subject matter, text, topic), námìt (topic), kompozice (composition, essay). (various references) | |
Danish | tema (subject, topic), emne (subject, topic). (various references) | |
Dutch | thema (subject, topic), stof (cloth, dust, material, matter, stuff, subject, substance, topic), onderwerp (article, object, subject, thing, topic), apropos (by the way, subject, topic). (various references) | |
Esperanto | temo (subject, topic). (various references) | |
Faeroese | evni (matter, stuff, subject, substance, topic). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرهشت , مقاله (Article, Disquisition, Dissertation, Essay, Paper, Tract, Treatise), موضوع (Head, Issue, Motif, Object, Point, Problem, Proposition, Question, Subject, Text, Topic), مطلب (Subject, Thought), مدار (Circuit, Orbit, Pivot, Zone), نت , زمینه (Background, Base, Basis, Conspectus, Context, Design, Ground, Groundwork, Outline, Root, Sketch, Tendency, Terrain), انشاء (Composition, Essay, Phraseology), ریشه (Germ, Pedigree, Stem, Stub, Tassel), شاهد (Instance, Testimonial, Voucher). (various references) | |
Finnish | aihe (cause, germ, motif, reason, subject, topic). (various references) | |
French | thème, sujet (thing). (various references) | |
Frisian | tema (subject, topic). (various references) | |
German | Thema (matter, motion, subject, topic). (various references) | |
Greek | θέμα (issue, matter, subject, text, thesis, topic). (various references) | |
Hebrew | נושא (boom, motif, subject, thesis, topic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | téma (argument, issue, matter, referent, subject, subject matter, subject-matter, text, topic), tárgy (chose, matter, object, purport, referent, subject, subject-matter, thing, topic), anyag (clinker, filler, leach, material, matter, stuff, substance, substrata, substrate, substratum). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tema (motif). (various references) | |
Italian | tema (composition, essay, motif, subject, subject matter, topic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 課題 (subject, task), 論題 (subject), 題材 (subject), 題 (subject, title, topic), 画題 (motif, subject), 種 (cause, copy, inside story, kind, material, matter, pip, quality, secret, seed, source, species, subject, tone, trick, variety), テーベ物語 (beefsteak, project, tail, tail end, tail fin, tail lamp, tailcoat, taillight, tailor, tailored, tailored suit, tailor-made, take, taste, Taylor system, tea, teeing ground, teenage, teen-age, teenager, teen-ager, Tegafur, tequila, Texas, Texas hit, Texas leaguer, text, text book, text file, textbook, textile, texture, Thebais, Theme campaign, Theme music, theme park, Theme promotion, Theme song, tilapia, timpani, tissue, tissue paper, tissues, topic, TROFF, tympany, typical, tyranny), 文題 (subject), 楽想 (melodic subject), 主題 (motif, subject). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たね (cause, copy, inside story, issue, kind, material, matter, offspring, paternal blood, pip, quality, secret, seed, source, subject, tone, trick, variety), がくそう (learned priest pursuing his studies, melodic subject, school), がだい (motif, subject), テーマ (project, topic), しゅだい (motif, subject, swelling, the opening phrase of a letter or notice), ぶんだい (subject), かだい (a tentative title, abutment, excessive, frame, name of poem, stand, stand for flower vase, subject, task, too much, unreasonable), ろんだい (subject), だいざい (grave sin, serious crime, subject), だい (brotherly affection, charge, cost, faithful service to those older, ordinal, price, rack, stand, subject, support, table, title, topic, younger brother). (various references) | |
Korean | 주제 (motif, subject, thematic). (various references) | |
Manx | cooish (business, case, cause, chat, conversation, love affair, suit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emethay.(various references) | |
Polish | temat (subject, topic). (various references) | |
Portuguese | tema (motif, subject, subject-matter, text, topic). (various references) | |
Romanian | temã (chapter, exercise, frame, lesson, melody, stem, subject, task, topic), subiect (cause, copy, fable, material, patient, plot, reason, record, subject, topic), disertaţie (disquisition, dissertation, thesis), compunere la şcoalã. (various references) | |
Russian | тема (burden, chapter, subject, subject matter, subject-matter, themes, topic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tema (lemma, subject, subject matter, topic). (various references) | |
Spanish | tema (mania, motif, obsession, subject, subject matter, text, topic). (various references) | |
Swedish | tema (composition, lemma, motif, principal parts, subject, topic). (various references) | |
Thai | แนวบทเพลง, บทความ (article), หัวข้อ (subject). (various references) | |
Turkish | tema (leitmotif, leitmotiv, plot, subject, topic), tanıtım müziği (signature, signature tune, theme song), motif (motif), melodi (air, chime, melody, sound, strain, tune), konu (affair, argument, business, head, heading, issue, matter, point, Res, shebang, subject, subject matter, text, thing, topic), içerik (content, ingredient, meaning, substance), ödev (assignment, duty, homework, incumbency, obligation, schoolwork, task). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tema (r) (subject). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тема (chapter, melody, topic), основна думка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đề tài (topic). (various references) | |
Welsh | thema, testun (subject, text). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | thema. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lemma, thema, thema thematis, themanites. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | motif. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "theme": themed, themes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "theme": subtheme. (additional references) | |
Words containing "theme": anthemed, subthemes. (additional references) | |
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"Theme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atheama, athema, heme, teeme, temeo, temi, Temne, thabe, thaene, thame, t'have, theam, theame, thebe, theeme, thegm, thele, thema, themde, thenar, thenne, Thermie, thete, theve, theze, thiem, thieme, Thimon, thome, Thommo, thume, thune, Tihama, Tlemcen, treme, Tshombe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "theme" (pronounced thē"m) |
| 2 | -ē" m | agleam, beam, bream, passim, ream, cream, creme, deem, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, Hakim, redeem, regime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, upstream. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-m-t" | |
-1 letter: heme, meet, mete, meth, teem, thee, them. | |
-2 letters: eme, eth, hem, het, met, tee, the. | |
-3 letters: eh, em, et, he, hm, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-m-t" | |
+1 letter: helmet, tempeh, themed, themes, therme. | |
+2 letters: helmets, machete, methane, tempehs, theorem, thermae, thermel, thermes. | |
+3 letters: anthemed, atheneum, behemoth, boehmite, comether, earthmen, erethism, erythema, exanthem, helmeted, helpmate, helpmeet, hematein, hematine, hematite, hemipter, hemocyte, hempiest, hermetic, homesite, hotelmen, machetes, meathead, menthene, meshiest, methanes, mothered, ohmmeter, subtheme, theorems, theremin, thermels, thermite, umteenth, vehement. | |
+4 letters: athenaeum, atheneums, behemoths, bethumped, boehmites, checkmate, comethers, deathsmen, ectotherm, empathies, empathise, empathize, endotherm, enthymeme, erethisms, erythemas, euphemist, exanthema, exanthems, fleshment, haematite, hammertoe, heartsome, helmeting, helpmates, helpmeets, hemateins, hematines, hematites, hemelytra, hemipters, hemocytes, hermetism, hermetist, hermitage, heteronym, hexameter, homeliest, homesites, homestead, housemate, intermesh, lithesome, mainsheet, meatheads, megadeath, megahertz, menthenes, meseemeth, mesophyte, metaphase, methadone, metheglin, methodise, methodize, methylase, methylate, methylene, murthered, nymphette, ohmmeters, outscheme, rematched, rematches, rheometer, rheumiest, rhymester, smothered, subthemes, therefrom, theremins, thermites, thermoses, thermoset, threesome, umpteenth. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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