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    • theme :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

    • theme :provide with a particular theme or motive
      • the restaurant often themes its menus

    • theme :a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
      • it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

    • theme :(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
      • the theme is announced in the first measures|the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it

    • theme :an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
      • he got an A on his composition

    • theme :(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
      • thematic vowels are part of the stem

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