theme

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

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A recurring idea; a motif.; A concept with multiple instantiations.

• variations on the theme of entrepreneurial resourcefulness

A recurring idea; a motif.; Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.

• switch to a dark theme to conserve battery power

An essay written for school.dated

• Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
• […] his themes and exercises were in constant demand for what we called cogging and American students rather grandly called plagiarization.

The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.

A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.

An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.

The stem of a word.

Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.

Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.

To give a theme to.transitive

• We themed the birthday party around superheroes.

To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).transitive