Topic

Definition: Topic

Topic

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. Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "topic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Medicine

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

Topic

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

Synonyms: Topic

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).

News

Report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame; talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping; town tattle, table talk; canard, topic of the day, idea afloat.

Crosswords: Topic

Romanian (topical, toponymic).

It's a topic I'm very interested in. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

Wendell, I'd like full and docile co-operation on every topic. (L.A. Confidential; writing credit: Brian Helgeland)

If you'll permit me to say so, sir, the subject is not an interesting one. The poor know all about poverty and only the morbid rich would find the topic glamorous (Sullivan's Travels; writing credit: Preston Sturges)

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice. (references; author: unknown)

You work for a defense contractor if the main topic of conversation is where the next job is or who is being laid off. (references; author: unknown)

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References

• Hot Topic Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Basic Russian Vocabulary: A Handy Reference of Everyday Words Arranged by Topic (reference)

• Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts w/ Topic Tackler CD-ROM, Net Tutor, and Power Web (reference)

• God's Light: Bible Scriptures by Topic, Old and New Testament (reference)

• Introduction to Managerial Accounting w/ Topic Tackler CD-ROM, NetTutor and PowerWeb Package (reference)

• Step Ball: A Child's Book About Feelings and Differences (Tough Topic Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Topic (reference)

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Wednesday, March 22, 1972, 7:30 P.M., Villa : discussion group : topic : the anatomy of conflicts / P.C.O. Credit: Library of Congress.

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What we need for conversation is a topic of interest and of novelty

He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament

He carefully dissected all that the Fathers and Doctors have said on this serious topic.

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Health

Another controversial topic is environmental illness. (references)

Within this Internet-based system are "health topic pages." (references)

You can think of a health topic page as a guide to patient guides. (references)

Business

A separate Industry Sector Analysis has been prepared on this topic. (references)

The relationship between labor organizations and political parties was a topic of much discussion before and after the July 6 congressional elections. (references)

Privatization of the healthcare system in Sweden has been a hot topic in recent years, but there has yet not been a significant push to that end. A few individual hospitals have begun to privatize, and some county councils are considering giving hospitals more independence by becoming shareholders in the hospitals rather than administrators. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ethiopia

According to the Constitution, citizens generally are free to discuss publicly any topic they choose; however, on occasion the Government restricted this right in practice. (references)

South Africa

The SABC maintains editorial independence from the Government, although the balance between editorial independence and national interest remains a delicate topic with governmental officials. (references)

Belarus

The European Humanities University, one of the country's leading independent universities, reportedly has asked students to refine or rethink dissertation topics if that topic is likely to be embarrassing to the regime. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

Broadband has been the hot topic in Irish telecommunication circles in recent years as a universally accessible broadband network together with very high capacity international links for new users was perceived as an essential prerequisite for Ireland to compete in the information age,. Every operator has invested in broadband infrastructure in order to meet anticipated requirements. (references)

Minorities

Armenia

In March 2000, the National Minorities Commission held a Congress of National Minorities; the last such Congress was held in 1991. At the conference, human rights was not a topic of major concern. (references)

Cape Verde

The persons responsible for the desecrations never were identified, and the topic has remained a controversial electoral issue since the MPD accused supporters of the PAICV of involvement in the crimes; however, the courts have dismissed every formal accusation that has been brought against PAICV members, usually for lack of evidence. (references)

Political Economy

Kuwait

Virtually any topic (e.g., politics, business, society) may be freely discussed at these sessions. (references)

Political Rights

Malawi

The executive exerts considerable influence over the legislature; the legislature follows the parliamentary system, and consequently a number of cabinet ministers also sit as Members of Parliament (M.P.'s). Although the Government and opposition have never reached agreement on the applicability of the 1997 High Court ruling that cabinet ministers cannot simultaneously sit as M.P.'s, the issue is not a topic of debate. (references)

Women

Turkmenistan

Anecdotally, sexual harassment is said to exist in the workforce; however, the Government does not discuss this topic publicly. (references)

Worker Rights

Bangladesh

Awareness of trafficking is increasing, and the topic receives frequent press coverage. (references)

Turkmenistan

The Government does not have programs in place to combat trafficking in persons, but cooperates with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in educational efforts on this topic. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "topic": be an unmentionable topic ♦ central topic ♦ occupational topic eczema ♦ provide a topic of conversation ♦ staple topic ♦ topic drift ♦ topic group ♦ topic interpretation ♦ topic of conversation ♦ topic of discussion ♦ topic of the day ♦ topic ordering ♦ topic sentence ♦ topic thread. Additional references.

Beginning with "topic": topic-based, topic-change, topic-closing, topic-comment, topic-control, topic-directional, topic-initiator, topic-loan, topic-neutral, topic-neutrally, topic-plus, topic-points, topic-prominent, topic-related, topic-shift, topic-shifting, topic-shifts, topic-specific, topic-structure, topic-type.

Ending with "topic": sub-topic.

Containing "topic": single-topic issue.

Afrikaans

onderwerp (subject, theme). (various references)

Albanian

teme, temë (argument, burden, heading, subject, subject matter, theme), subjekti, subjekt (plot, subject). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موضوع (item, matter, motif, object, question, subject, theme), ‏نقطة (dab, dot, fleck, full stop, item, locus, mark, period, point, pt, speck, speckle, spot), ‏علاج موضعي خارجي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

тема (area, argument, chapter, message, motif, motive, subject, subject matter, text, theme), въпрос (affair, interrogation, interrogatory, matter, problem, question, subject matter, thing), предмет на разговор, предмет на обсъждане. (various references)

Chinese 

議題 (issue, subject, topic of discussion), 話題 (subject), 题目 (TOPICS), 論題 , 題目 (subject, title), 題 (honest, subject, to inscribe, to superscribe, upright), 問題 (issue, problem). (various references)

Czech

téma (subject, subject matter, text, theme). (various references)

Danish

topisk (applied to the surface, topical), tema (subject, theme), lokaliseret (focal, localised, topical), lokal- (topical), lokal (local, regional), emne (subject, theme). (various references)

Dutch

iets actueels, actualiteit (topicality). (various references)

Esperanto

temo (subject, theme), aktualaĵo. (various references)

Faeroese

evni (matter, stuff, subject, substance, theme). (various references)

Farsi 

موضوع (Head, Issue, Motif, Object, Point, Problem, Proposition, Question, Subject, Text, Theme), مبحث (Subject), سرفصل (Rubric), عنوان (Address, Caption, Epithet, Head, Headline, Rubric, Surname, Title), ضابطه (Criterion). (various references)

Finnish

aihe (cause, germ, motif, reason, subject, theme). (various references)

French

topique (topical), thème, sujet. (various references)

Frisian

tema (subject, theme). (various references)

German

Thema (matter, motion, subject, theme). (various references)

Greek 

θέμα (issue, matter, subject, text, theme, thesis). (various references)

Hebrew 

נושא לשיחה, נושא (boom, motif, subject, theme, thesis). (various references)

Hungarian

téma (argument, issue, matter, referent, subject, subject matter, subject-matter, text, theme). (various references)

Icelandic

efni, atriði. (various references)

Italian

tema (composition, essay, motif, subject, subject matter, theme). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

語り草 (story), 語り種 (story), 話題　 (subject), 話題 (subject), 話頭 (subject), 話柄 (subject), 題 (subject, theme, title), 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, Theme campaign, Theme music, theme park, Theme promotion, Theme song, tilapia, timpani, tissue, tissue paper, tissues, TROFF, tympany, typical, tyranny), トキソプラズマ症 (18-wheeler, articulated lorry, galvanized sheet iron, latest fashion, pepper game, semi-trailer, Thomas Cup, toboggan, toffy, toggle, toggle switch, Tom, tomahawk, tomato, tomato ketchup, tomato puree, tommy gun, tomography, tom-tom, toner, tonic, tonic water, tony tie, top, top ball, top batter, top class, top condition, top down, top fashion, top gear, top group, top hat, top lady, top management, top news, top runner, top scene, top secret, top seller, top spin, top star, topaze, topcoat, top-domain, topic news, topics, topless, top-level, top-note, topological, topology, topper, topping, toss, toss batting, tosser, totocalcio, toxoplasmosis, Toyota, tractor, tractor-trailer, tragedy, tragic, tragi-comedie, transistor glamour, trauma, triad, trial, trial and error, triangle, tri-athlete, triathlon, tribalism, tricycle, Trident, trijet, Tristar, truss, trust, try, zinc), 主辞 (subject). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

テーマ (project, theme), トピック , しゅじ (director, manager, secretary, subject), かたりぐさ (story), わへい (peace, subject), わとう (subject), わだい (subject), だい (brotherly affection, charge, cost, faithful service to those older, ordinal, price, rack, stand, subject, support, table, theme, title, younger brother). (various references)

Korean 

화제 (topical, TOPICS). (various references)

Manx

bun-chooish (primary cause). (various references)

Pig Latin

opictay.(various references)

Polish

temat (subject, theme). (various references)

Portuguese

tópico (matter, paragraph, subject, topical). (various references)

Romanian

temã (chapter, exercise, frame, lesson, melody, stem, subject, task, theme), subiect (cause, copy, fable, material, patient, plot, reason, record, subject, theme). (various references)

Russian 

тема (burden, chapter, subject, subject matter, subject-matter, theme, themes). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tema (lemma, subject, subject matter, theme), siže (subject), predmetni (object, objective), predmet (article, case, item, lemma, material, object, subject), argument (argument, contention). (various references)

Spanish

tema (mania, motif, obsession, subject, subject matter, text, theme). (various references)

Swedish

ämne (body, field, material, matter, question, study, stuff, subject, subject matter, substance, termination, theme). (various references)

Turkish

tema (leitmotif, leitmotiv, plot, subject, theme), söz konusu (subject), mevzu (subject, subject matter), mesele (affair, business, business deal, case, crux, hangup, issue, matter, point, problem, proposition, question, Res, shebang), konu (affair, argument, business, head, heading, issue, matter, point, Res, shebang, subject, subject matter, text, theme, thing), aktüalíte. (various references)

Ukrainian

тема (chapter, melody, theme), предмет обговорення. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chủ đề (lord, matter, subject), đề tài (theme). (various references)

materia, materiem, thema. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "topic": topical, topicalities, topicality, topically, topics. (additional references)

Words ending with "topic": atopic, ectopic, entopic, eurytopic, heterotopic, isotopic, metopic, photopic, radioisotopic, scotopic, stenotopic, subtopic. (additional references)

Words containing "topic": ectopically, isotopically, radioisotopically, subtopics. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Topic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aopec, atopic, dopac, etopic, gopik, opic, ropic, tapio, Tdpi, tepic, tobac, toeic, toepic, Tofik, toki, tomic, topai, topak, topax, topeic, topia, topica, topice, topick, topicl, topid, topie, Topin, topir, topis, topit, Topix, topiz, Toplis, toplit, topmix, topoi, topoy, toppy, Topsi, topup, toric, towic, tuic, utopic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: optic, picot.

-1 letter: otic, topi.

-2 letters: cop, cot, opt, pic, pit, poi, pot, tic, tip, top.

-3 letters: it, op, pi, ti, to.

+1 letter: atopic, octopi, optics, photic, picots, poetic, ptotic, topics, tropic.

+2 letters: aphotic, apomict, apricot, aprotic, bioptic, capitol, caption, coalpit, cockpit, copilot, copyist, ectopia, ectopic, entopic, metopic, nepotic, occiput, opacity, ophitic, optical, paction, parotic, photics, picoted, picotee, poditic, poetics, politic, portico, potamic, potiche, psoatic, tapioca, topical, topkick, trophic, tropics.

+3 letters: apomicts, apricots, atrophic, autopsic, biotypic, capitols, captions, captious, coalpits, coapting, cockpits, colpitis, compting, coopting, cooption, copilots, copyedit, copyists, coscript, depictor, despotic, dioptric, ecotypic, ectopias, entropic, epicotyl, epidotic, epitomic, euphotic, helicopt, hoplitic, hypnotic, impactor, inceptor, isotopic, isotypic, kyphotic, leprotic, leptonic, lipocyte, lopstick, occipita, occiputs, oophytic, operatic, optician, opticist, outpitch, outprice, pactions, panoptic, pentomic, peptonic, periotic, petrolic, phimotic, phonetic, photonic, photopic, phytonic, picotees, picoting, piscator, pitchout, platonic, plutonic, pockiest, poetical, politick, politico, politics, pontific, poplitic, porticos, postiche, potassic, potiches, poultice, protatic, protonic, psilotic, pycnotic, pyknotic, pythonic, scotopia, scotopic, spiccato, strophic, suboptic, subtopic, synoptic, tapiocas, tipstock, toepiece, topkicks, tripodic, tropical, typhonic, unpoetic.