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theme
A	noun
	1	theme, motif
			a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚theme, motif ╚topos
	2	root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
			(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚language unit; linguistic unit ╚word ╚form; word form; signifier; descriptor ╚root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical
	3	composition, paper, report, theme
			an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing; written material; piece of writing ╚essay ╚composition, paper, report, theme ╚incidental music ╚term paper
	4	subject, topic, theme
			the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚subject, topic, theme ╚keynote ╚question; head ╚precedent ╚bone of contention
	5	theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea
			(music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚music ╚tune; melody; air; strain; melodic line; line; melodic phrase ╚theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea ╚variation ╚statement ╚motif; motive
B	verb
	1	theme
			provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚supply; provide; render; furnish ╚theme

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