θi:m 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. øtheme
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. [ME teme ult. f. Gk thema -matos f. tithemi set, place]