theme

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theme is on the Academic Word List.

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Singular
theme

Plural
themes

Theme is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
  1. (countable) A theme is a general idea that runs through a conversation, story, group of images, piece of music, etc.
    For Mr Giuliani, crime is a main campaign theme.
    The topic did not seem related to the main themes of his studies.
    The American novel focusses on themes of male companionship and confrontation with death.
    They became a household name in 1982 with the theme music for the hit TV series, "Harry's Game".

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Plain form
theme

Third-person singular
themes

Past tense
themed

Past participle
themed

Present participle
theming

  1. (transitive) If you theme something, you give it a theme.

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