Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - theme
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Theme
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~ n 1 the main subject or idea in a piece of writing, speech, film etc (The book's theme is the conflict between love and duty.) 2 a short simple tune that is repeated and developed in a piece of music (Freia's theme in Wagner's opera) 3 AmE a short piece of writing on a particular subject that you do for school (Your homework is to write a two-page theme on pollution.) 4 theme music/song/tune music or a song that is often played during a film or musical play or at the beginning and end of a television or radio programme (The kids were singing the theme song from `The Brady Bunch'.)
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(themes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A theme in a piece of writing, a talk, or a discussion is an important idea or subject that runs through it. The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe... N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. A theme in an artist’s work or in a work of literature is an idea in it that the artist or writer develops or repeats. The novel’s central theme is the perennial conflict between men and women... N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. A theme is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based. ...variations on themes from Mozart’s The Magic Flute. N-COUNT 4. Theme music or a theme song is a piece of music that is played at the beginning and end of a film or of a television or radio programme. ...the theme from Dr Zhivago... N-COUNT: usu N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English teme, ~, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin thema, from Greek, literally, something laid down, from tithenai to place — more at do Date: 14th century 1. a. a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation guilt and punishment is the ~ of the story b. a specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern the campaign has lacked a ~ 2. stem 4 3. a written exercise ; composition a research ~ 4. a melodic subject of a musical composition or movement • ~d adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a subject or topic on which a person speaks, writes, or thinks. 2 Mus. a prominent or frequently recurring melody or group of notes in a composition. 3 US a school exercise, esp. an essay, on a given subject. 4 Gram. the stem of a noun or verb; the part to which inflections are added, esp. composed of the root and an added vowel. 5 hist. any of the 29 provinces in the Byzantine empire. Phrases and idioms theme park an amusement park organized round a unifying idea. theme song (or tune) 1 a recurrent melody in a musical play or film. 2 a signature tune. Etymology: ME teme ult. f. Gk thema -matos f. tithemi set, place ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. тема; предмет (разговора, рассуждения, сочинения) the theme of today's lecture —- тема сегодняшней лекции the war theme —- военная тема theme for discussion —- тема для обсуждения lectures of such themes —- лекции на такие темы a wide range of themes —- большой выбор тем to choose love for a theme —- избрать любовь в качестве темы to develop the theme —- развивать тему united by a common theme —- объединенные общей темой the theme is positively overworked —- эта тема совершенно заезжена 2. основная мысль; характерная черта 3. школ. сочинение на заданную тему to write a theme —- написать (школьное) сочинение 4. муз. тема second theme —- побочная тема variations on a theme —- вариации на тему theme song —- повторяющаяся мелодия; лейтмотив to vary the theme —- варьировать тему 5. грам. основа 6. тема 7. рад. позывные 8. ист. провинция Византийской империи 9. положение звезд в момент рождения человека (в астрологии) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) тема, предмет (разговора, сочинения) 2) amer. сочинение на заданную тему 3) mus. тема 4) gram. основа 5) radio позывные Syn: see composition see melody see topic THEME park тематический парк; парк отдыха с аттракционами, оборудованием и т.п., посвящённый одной теме (часто детский) THEME song 1) mus. повторяющаяся тема 2) = theme 5) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. tesme (with silent -s-), from L. thema "a subject, thesis," from Gk. thema "a proposition, subject, deposit," lit. "something set down," from root of tithenai "put down, place." Extension to music first recorded 1674. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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