Word Finder - theme

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A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.

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A recurring idea; a motif.

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An essay written for school.

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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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The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.

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(grammar) 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, as opposed to rheme.

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A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

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To give a theme to.

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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).

Carmen had chosen the colors pastel violet and light gray, with the theme being hearts and the flowers being forget-me-nots.

The antagonism between free labour and slave labour became the theme of many of his speeches.

Because we discuss topical subjects in this class, the main theme of each week might change at a moment's notice.

The incidents of this undertaking are the theme of Washington Irving's Astoria.

It, too, was done up in a race car theme with toys lining the side of the tub.

Maybe because it had the same theme of wrought iron and ivory as the hacienda - and maybe they had been visiting too long.

The bombshell blonde always threw good dinner parties with fun themes; this theme had been Disco Night, complete with lava lamps, disco ball, tacky '70s music that still jammed out the open windows, and costumes for those who chose to wear them.

Whatever question arose, a swarm of these drones, without having finished their buzzing on a previous theme, flew over to the new one and by their hum drowned and obscured the voices of those who were disputing honestly.

Here at last his long yearning for some great theme worthy of his historic genius was gratified.

Their great hulking forms and throaty grunts enhanced the theme of western frontier.

Then came the work in college--original theme writing with new ideals of composition or at least new methods of suggesting those ideals.

I know of those whose serene and wise speculations on this theme would soon reveal the limits of his mind's range and hospitality.

Why should a Ring-motif be transformed into the theme representing Walhalla?

I feel there is a recurring theme to my tests.

To paint a Joan of Arc who lives and dies inglorious is the theme she sets herself, and through most of the novel it is perfectly executed.

The chivalrous courtesy which he showed to the captive princesses was a favourite theme for later rhetoricians.

But if we attend to the circumstances under which this theme arises, its purport and development become deep and natural.

The city offers biking, walking, and several exciting theme and water parks.

The fact that this theme is commonly called the " Ring-motif " is a glaring instance of what Wagner has had to endure from his friends.

The waters of the Rhine change into black mists which grow grey and thin, while the now sinister theme becomes softer and smoother.

The dramatic capabilities of the subject are, however, great, and it afterwards attracted Schiller, who, however, seems to have abandoned it in favour of the similar theme of the Russian Demetrius.

The theme even extends to their food presentation.

A still more remarkable instance will be found in the third statement of the theme of the finale of the 9th symphony.

His monumental Vergleichende Geographie, which was to have made the whole world its theme, died out in a wilderness of detail in twenty-one volumes before it had covered more of the earth's surface than Asia and a portion of Africa.

Let us illustrate Wagner's mature use of Leitmotif by the theme which happens to be associated with Alberich's ring.

This theme is not formally discussed, as in a theological treatise, but is rather, as it were, celebrated in lofty eulogy and application.

The lounge also has special theme nights where audience participation is encouraged.

The first book, after a short introduction upon the nature of theology as understood by Aquinas, proceeds in 119 questions to discuss the nature, attributes and relations of God; and this is not done as in a modern work on theology, but the questions raised in the physics of Aristotle find a place alongside of the statements of Scripture, while all subjects in any way related to the central theme are brought into the discourse.

The First Crusade, far more than any other, became the theme of a multitude of writings, whose different degrees of value it is allimportant to distinguish.

He was one of the earliest of English parliamentary orators; his speeches greatly impressed his contemporaries, and in a later generation, as Macaulay observes, they were "a favourite theme of old men who lived to see the conflicts of Walpole and Pulteney."

To begin with, 1 Though not relating exactly to our present theme, it would be improper to dismiss Nitzsch's name without reference to his extraordinary labours in investigating the insect and other external parasites of birds, a subject which as regards British species was subsequently elaborated by Denny in his Monographia Anoplurorum Britanniae (1842) and in his list of the specimens of British Anoplura in the collection of the British Museum.

Emerson, the poets Bryant, Longfellow, pre-eminently Whittier and Whitman, have spoken on this theme with no uncertain sound.

It was the sound I hated more on a telephone that Henri Mancini's version of Theme from Moon Glow or any other top one hundred hits of elevator music was, 'would you please hold'?

Whatever the titles of his discourses, "Literary Ethics," "Man the Reformer," "The Present Age," "The Method of Nature," "Representative Men," "The Conduct of Life," their theme was always the same, namely, "the infinitude of the private man."

Indeed, the ' theme ' is the chord progression itself.

The theme of the dialog was, building a critical successor generation.

Lingerie party supplies allow you to set a theme for your party and give your gathering a fun vibe.

In 890 they established themselves again at Ban, and ruled the Theme of Lombardy by means of an officer entitled Catapan.

This is illustrated by his love of Switzerland, his intense interest in the fortunes of that country, his design of writing " The History of the Liberty of the Swiss " - a theme, he says " from which the dullest stranger would catch fire."

Like nearly all his predecessors since Aelian, he adopted an alphabetical arrangement, though this was not too pedantically preserved, and did not hinder him from placing together the kinds of birds which he supposed (and generally supposed rightly) to have the most resemblance to that one whose name, being best known, was chosen for the headpiece (as it were) of his particular theme, thus recognizing to some extent the principle of classification.3 Belon, with perhaps less book-learning than his contemporary, was evidently no mean scholar, and undoubtedly had more practical knowledge of birds - their internal as well as external structure.

Their own poems soon became the theme of criticism and of comment; and, by the time of Quintilian and Juvenal, they shared the fate (which Horace had feared) of becoming textbooks for use in schools.

In public speaking he often combined a rhetorical effectiveness and emotional intensity that might take the place of imagination, and enabled him, on the coldest theme, to move deeply the feelings of his auditors.

The key theme of the meeting was the growing divide over our position on the forthcoming euro referendum.

Thus, the theme of millennarian expectation has in the Bahá'í Faith been transformed into the theme of social reformism.

John P. Carr continued the virus theme by talking about inducing resistance virus-specific pathways to plant viruses.

As I was not sure what filled the side roundels of the cathedral I simply replicated the saints with books theme.

Unique handmade wedding stationery available in almost any color to match your theme.

The recurrent theme of the book is the politics of IT.

The holiday resort of Orlando offers people of every age a marvelous opportunity to enjoy the superb theme parks and sights of Central Florida.

The theme is predominantly aluminum, again emphasizing the lightness of the car, along with plush leather upholstery.