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• “the restaurant often themes its menus“

• “he didn’t want to discuss that subject“
• “it was a very sensitive topic“
• “his letters were always on the theme of love“

Synonyms

• subject possibly accepting or permitting; being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; likely to be affected by something; cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; make accountable for; make subservient; the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; a branch of knowledge; some situation or event that is thought about; (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; a person who owes allegiance to that nation; (logic) the first term of a proposition
• topic the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; some situation or event that is thought about

• “it was the usual `boy gets girl’ theme“

Synonyms

• motif a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration ; a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music ; a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

• “the theme is announced in the first measures“
• “the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it“

Synonyms

• melodic theme (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
• musical theme (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
• idea the content of cognition; your intention; a personal view; an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

• “he got an A on his composition“

Synonyms

• composition the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; the way in which someone or something is composed ; a mixture of ingredients ; a musical work that has been created; musical creation ; the act of creating written works; art and technique of printing with movable type ; an essay (especially one written as an assignment); something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
• paper cover with paper; cover with wallpaper ; a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses ; an essay (especially one written as an assignment); a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; a medium for written communication; a scholarly article describing the results of observations or stating hypotheses; a business firm that publishes newspapers; the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
• report to give an account or representation of in words; announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding; announce one’s presence; make known to the authorities; be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; complain about; a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; the act of informing by verbal report; a short account of the news; a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); a written evaluation of a student’s scholarship and deportment; an essay (especially one written as an assignment); the general estimation that the public has for a person

• “thematic vowels are part of the stem“

Synonyms

• root take root and begin to grow; come into existence, originate; cheer for; plant by the roots ; dig with the snout; become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style; cause to take roots ; (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; the place where something begins, where it springs into being; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number ; the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation ; someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ; a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes ; the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
• root word (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• base use as a basis for; situate as a center of operations; use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ; serving as or forming a base; of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense); (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; illegitimate ; debased; installation from which a military force initiates operations; lowest support of a structure; a place that the runner must touch before scoring; the bottom or lowest part; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; a lower limit; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a support or foundation; a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; the most important or necessary part of something; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end ; a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the principal ingredient of a mixture; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• stem grow out of, have roots in, originate in; cause to point inward; stop the flow of a liquid; remove the stem from; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ ; cylinder forming a long narrow part of something ; the tube of a tobacco pipe ; front part of a vessel or aircraft; a turn made in skiing
• radical (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; markedly new or introducing radical change; arising from or going to the root or source; of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; especially of leaves; (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule ; an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; a person who has radical ideas or opinions ; (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity ; a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram ; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed