Definition of Theme

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Definition of Theme

Theme

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

Discourse on a certain subject.

A composition or essay required of a pupil.

A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.

That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.

The leading subject of a composition or a movement.

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Theme Quotations

If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
Pablo Picasso

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
Lord Byron

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.
Mary Kay Ash

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.
Dorothea Lange

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.
Woodrow Wilson

However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.
David Bowie

We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .
Freddie Mercury

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.
Herman Melville

The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing immortal simply to ask, What is the meaning of what we are?
Anne Rice

Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge.
Anne Rice

Theme Translations

theme in Afrikaans is onderwerp
theme in Dutch is onderwerp, stof, thema, apropos
theme in Finnish is aihe
theme in German is Thema
theme in Italian is oggetti, tema
theme in Latin is thema, lemma, thema thematis
theme in Portuguese is tema
theme in Spanish is tema
theme in Swedish is tema

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