Definition: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Usage: it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
Definition: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
Usage: it was not a good idea; the thought never entered my mind
Synonyms: stem, theme, base, root, root word, radical
Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Usage: thematic vowels are part of the stem
Similar words: descriptor, word form, form, signifier
Definition: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
Usage: the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached
Synonyms: paper, theme, composition, report
Definition: an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Usage: he got an A on his composition
Similar words: essay
Definition: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
Synonyms: subject, topic, theme
Definition: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Usage: he didn't want to discuss that subject; it was a very sensitive topic; his letters were always on the theme of love
Similar words: subject matter, substance, message, content
Definition: what a communication that is about something is about
Synonyms: theme, melodic theme, idea, musical theme
Definition: (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
Usage: the theme is announced in the first measures; the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
Similar words: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, air, strain, tune
Definition: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
Usage: she was humming an air from Beethoven
Synonyms: theme
Definition: provide with a particular theme or motive
Usage: the restaurant often themes its menus
Similar words: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater