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Synonyms for themes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : theem
Phonetic Transcription : θim

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Définition of themes

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French tesme (13c., with silent -s-), from Latin thema "a subject, thesis," from Greek thema "a proposition, subject, deposit," literally "something set down," from root of tithenai "put down, place," from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Extension to music first recorded 1670s; theme song first attested 1929. Theme park is from 1960.
  • noun idea, subject matter
  • noun written composition
Example sentences :
  • Earlier writers on these themes were timid; the moderns are bored.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The themes are drawn from the revolution, its hopes and its disappointments.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • Beardsley really didn't mind; they just couldn't know how subtly he worked into his themes!
  • Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
  • He 'll talk of him too; he 'll be led on to let him mingle with our daily themes.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • He threw these aside, however, as themes that had no interest for him.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • A laughing sky and tears of joy are the themes of the letter.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • In his conception of his themes he was perhaps the most genuinely American painter of his time.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • We are not bound to talk with persons or on themes that have no interest for us.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • Some of these themes, such as the fortunes of Leo, were most suggestive.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • In dealing with themes of the past there is more opportunity.
  • Extract from : « Short Story Writing » by Charles Raymond Barrett
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