theme
noun
[ θiːm ]
• the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic.
• "the theme of the sermon was reverence"
Similar:
subject,
topic,
subject matter,
matter,
issue,
question,
concern,
idea,
concept,
thread,
motif,
trope,
keynote,
message,
thesis,
argument,
text,
gist,
essence,
core,
substance,
burden,
thrust,
• an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature.
• "love and honour are the pivotal themes of the Hornblower books"
• a setting given to a restaurant, pub, or leisure venue, intended to evoke a particular country, historical period, culture, etc.
• "an Irish theme pub"
• the stem of a noun or verb; the part to which inflections are added, especially one composed of the root and an added vowel.
• any of the twenty-nine provinces in the Byzantine empire.
theme
verb
• give a particular theme or setting to (a leisure venue, event, etc.).
• "the amusement park will be themed as a Caribbean pirate stronghold"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin thema, from Greek, literally ‘proposition’; related to tithenai ‘to set or place’.
