Theme

Definition: Theme

Theme

Noun

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".

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)

Business

Fine Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

THEME

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Theme

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.

Crosswords: Theme

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)

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)

What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song music. (references; author: unknown)

Thelma sings the theme song. (references; author: unknown)

Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959)

Scrappy's Theme Song (1934)

Theme Park Secrets (2003)

The Obsessive Love Theme (1998)

Theme Hospital (1997)

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.

References

• Theme International Holdings Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Hit of the Party: The Complete Planner for Children's Theme Birthday Parties (reference)

• The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme (reference)

• The Disney Collection: Best Loved Songs from Disney Movies, Television Shows and Theme Parks (Easy Piano Series) (reference)

• The Parents' Party Book: Fun and Fabulous Theme Birthday Parties for Children 2 to 8 Years Old (Golden Books Parents Library) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• History And Theory : Theme Issue (reference)

• Ieg Intelligence Report : Theme Parks (reference)

• Theme Magazine (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ally McBeal: Theme of Life/Playing the Field (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sextet 1 / Theme & Variations (reference)

• Theme & Variations / Conceptions (reference)

• TV Land Presents: Favorite Tv Theme Songs (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Sim Theme Park (reference)

• Theme Park Roller Coaster (reference)

• Kingston KTA-G4/512 512MB Sdram Dimm 100Mhz for Theme Apple PowerMac G4 Server 350/400 (reference)

• Pocket Theme Manager [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Decorative Angel Wall Border - Precious Moments Angel Theme (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream

Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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.

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.

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.

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)

thema. (various references)

lemma, thema, thema thematis, themanites. (various references)

motif. (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)

Misspellings

"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 (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-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.

+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.