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noun
- An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- (UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
- (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
- A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- content communicating a message; what something is about
verb
verb
noun
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
adj
adj
- Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
- relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
- of or relating to a melodic subject
- (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).
- (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
- (grammar, Indo-European studies) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
noun
noun
- (literature) A recurring theme; a motif.
- A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.
- Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
- (by extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.
adj
- Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
- of or relating to or arranged by topics
- Relating to a particular topic or subject.
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
- Local to a particular place.
- Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
- of interest at the present time
- pertaining to the surface of a body part
noun
- A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.
- (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.
- (philately) A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.
- A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
noun
- Theme, core idea.
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- A responsibility, onus.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- A heavy load.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- (blasting) The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
verb
noun
- (art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
- (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
- (biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
- (computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
- (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
- (neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
- (military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
- A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
- The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
- (botany) The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
- A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
- (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
- (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
- The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
- The center or inner part of a space or area.
- A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
- The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- (engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
- (game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
- (printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
- The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
- the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- the center of an object
- the central part of the Earth
- a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
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verb
noun
- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
- (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
- a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
- a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
noun
- Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
- (music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
- (Internet) Discussion thread.
- (computing) A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
adj
noun
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
verb
noun
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- A significant feature of something.
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through an extraction or distillation process.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
- An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
- Constituent substance.
noun
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- (programming) A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.
- (uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
verb
noun
- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- A slender stream of water.
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
noun
- the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a fundamental or central idea
- (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
- A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
- The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
verb
noun
- (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
verb
noun
- A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
- (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
- A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
- (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
- (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
- (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
- (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
noun
- Something that pervades a story as a common theme or presence, transcending the level of individual characters.
- A superhero or supervillain.
- A group of characters in a play, movie, or story, that act together as a single combined entity.
- (mathematics) A single entity that represents multiple irreducible characters but is treated as a single character in the algebraic theory of Carlos André.
- (genetics) An amalgamation of characters that respond to the same selective pressure.
noun
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
adj
noun
- (figurative) Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
- (figurative, slang) A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.
- Any game played with a ball.
- A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
- (historical) A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
- a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
noun
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- A declaration or remark.
adj
verb
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- (music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
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verb
noun
- A general description of some subject.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
verb
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
adj
- Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- (especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
- Not out of date; current.
- (slang, by extension) Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.
- having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
noun
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- An area or expanse.
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- an extended area of land
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
adj
- Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
- (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
- (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
- Of or relating to tones or tonality.
- having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
noun
noun
- A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
- (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
- A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- (programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
- A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- (telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
- something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
- an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
verb
noun
- A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
- The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
- The study of representative art in general.
- the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
noun
- (loosely) The topic itself.
- (derogatory, especially in phrases such as 'on/off one's soapbox') A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
- (figuratively, often pejorative) A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express his or her opinions.
- (literally) A crate for packing soap.
- A soapbox car.
- A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse his or her views.
- a crate for packing soap
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
verb
noun
- A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
- The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
- A central idea or point; gist.
- The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
- A quantity of money.
- (rare or literary) The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
- A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.
- (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
- A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- a quantity of money
- the whole amount
- the final aggregate
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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verb
noun
- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
adj
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
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noun
- (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- plural of taxi
- (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
- arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
- the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
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noun
- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) The overarching idea or theme of a work, particularly one perceived as highly artistic or intellectual.
- A style of work (such as a book, film, or television programme) characterized by appealing and easily communicable ideas.
- An appealing and easily communicable idea for a work (such as a book, film, or television programme).
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- (following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.
- (US, informal, considered incorrect by some) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
- (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used.
- (following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb.
- (following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
- (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning.
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.
- (directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.
- (UK, dialectal, chiefly in the negative) For (a given length of time).
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to.
- (following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.
- (informal) Often used without the hour
- (following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- (following a noun) Indicates a given part.
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".
- (after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.)
- (chiefly US) Before (the hour); to (the hour).
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
- (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
- (following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among".
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below).
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below; see also double possessive).
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
- (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of.
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also".
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noun
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
noun
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
noun
- An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- (UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
- (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
- A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- content communicating a message; what something is about
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- (literature) A recurring theme; a motif.
- A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.
- Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale).
- (by extension) A set of assumptions or beliefs about something.
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- Theme, core idea.
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- A responsibility, onus.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- A heavy load.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- (blasting) The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- an onerous or difficult concern
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
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- (art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons).
- (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.
- (biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids.
- (computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”).
- (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
- (neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc.
- (military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
- A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
- The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
- (botany) The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group.
- A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
- (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.
- (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
- A miner's underground working time or shift.
- (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).
- The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
- The center or inner part of a space or area.
- A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
- The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
- (engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
- (game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents.
- (printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.
- The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.
- The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
- (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
- the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a small group of indispensable persons or things
- a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil
- the center of an object
- the central part of the Earth
- a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
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- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
- (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
- a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
- a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
noun
- Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
- (music) A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
- (Internet) Discussion thread.
- (computing) A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
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- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted
- A significant feature of something.
- The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
- (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
- The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through an extraction or distillation process.
- A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
- Fragrance, a perfume.
- An extract or concentrate obtained from a plant or other matter used for flavouring, or as a restorative.
- Constituent substance.
noun
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- (programming) A sharable snippet of source code, especially on the version controlled pastebin-hosting site GitHub Gist.
- (uncountable, Nigeria) Gossip, rumour; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
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- A continuing theme that modifies the whole discourse.
- (weaving) A piece of yarn, especially said of warps and wefts in a woven fabric.
- (computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.
- A precarious condition; something that which offers no real or otherwise perceived security.
- A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
- The continuing course of life; the thread of life.
- A line of reasoning, sequence of ideas, or train of thought.
- (engineering) A screw thread.
- A sequence of connections.
- (Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.
- The line midway between the banks of a stream.
- Any of various natural (as spiderweb, etc.) or manufactured filaments (as glass, plastic, metal, etc.).
- A slender stream of water.
- the raised helical rib going around a screw
- a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
- any long object resembling a thin line
- the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
verb
- (intransitive) Of boiling syrup: To form a threadlike stream when poured from a spoon.
- (transitive) To fix (beads, pearls, etc.) upon a thread that is passed through; to string.
- To cautiously make (one's way) through a precarious place or situation.
- (transitive) To interweave as if with thread; to intersperse.
- (transitive) To pass a thread through the eye of a needle.
- (ambitransitive) To feed (a sewing machine or otherwise a projecting or exposing mechanism, such as a projector, a camera, etc.) with film. [(usually) with up]
- (transitive, figurative) To pass through; to pierce through; to penetrate.
- (transitive) To pass (a film or tape) through a projector, recorder, etc. so as to correct its path.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (facial hair) by way of a looped thread that is tightly wound in the middle.
- (transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).
- pass a thread through
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- thread on or as if on a string
- remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string
- pass through or into
noun
- the principal theme in a speech or literary work
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- a fundamental or central idea
- (music) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
- A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
- The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
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- (figurative) A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
- (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
- (zoology) The nervure of an insect’s wing.
- (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
- A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
- (in the plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
- (geology) A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
- A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
- (figurative) A style, tendency, or quality.
- one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect
- a distinctive style or manner
- any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ
- a layer of ore between layers of rock
- a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart
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- A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.
- (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
- A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
- (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
- (music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
- (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
- (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
- a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
noun
- Something that pervades a story as a common theme or presence, transcending the level of individual characters.
- A superhero or supervillain.
- A group of characters in a play, movie, or story, that act together as a single combined entity.
- (mathematics) A single entity that represents multiple irreducible characters but is treated as a single character in the algebraic theory of Carlos André.
- (genetics) An amalgamation of characters that respond to the same selective pressure.
noun
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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- (figurative) Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
- (figurative, slang) A decisive outcome in regard to some ongoing situation; game over.
- Any game played with a ball.
- A specific contest or match between teams playing such a game, in particular a baseball game.
- (historical) A sport played in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations; Mesoamerican ballgame.
- a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
noun
- (music) the presentation of a musical theme
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
- a document showing credits and debits
- a nonverbal message
- the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
- A presentation of opinion or position.
- (computing) An instruction in a computer program, especially one that returns no value, as opposed to a function call.
- (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
- A declaration or remark.
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verb
noun
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- (music) The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
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- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
noun
- A general description of some subject.
- The outer shape of an object or figure.
- A preliminary plan for a project.
- A sketch or drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.
- A statement summarizing the important points of a text.
- (fishing) A setline or trotline.
- A line marking the boundary of an object figure.
- (film) A prose telling of a story intended to be turned into a screenplay; generally longer and more detailed than a treatment.
- a schematic or preliminary plan
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- the line that appears to bound an object
verb
- (transitive, software compilation) To optimize for size by replacing repeated code fragments with function calls.
- (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
- (transitive) To summarize.
- describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
- draw up an outline or sketch for something
- trace the shape of
noun
- A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.
- A commentator's view or perspective on a subject.
- (Roman Catholicism) Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions.
- Continued or protracted duration, length, extent
- (anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.
- A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses.
- An area or expanse.
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- an extended area of land
- a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
- a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
noun
- A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
- (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
- A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
- (programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
- A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
- (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
- (telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
- something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
- an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
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- A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
- The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.
- The study of representative art in general.
- the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
noun
- (loosely) The topic itself.
- (derogatory, especially in phrases such as 'on/off one's soapbox') A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
- (figuratively, often pejorative) A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express his or her opinions.
- (literally) A crate for packing soap.
- A soapbox car.
- A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse his or her views.
- a crate for packing soap
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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- A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the substance.
- The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
- A central idea or point; gist.
- The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
- A quantity of money.
- (rare or literary) The utmost degree; the greatest or most perfect realization (of some concept).
- A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township.
- (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).
- A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
- a quantity of money
- the whole amount
- the final aggregate
- a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
- a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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- A recurring topic, character, or item.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A wire fastener, made of thin wire, used to secure stacks of paper by penetrating all the sheets and curling around.
- A wire fastener, in any of various sizes, used to secure something else by penetrating and curling.
- One of a set of U-shaped metal rods hammered into a structure, such as a piling or wharf, which serve as a ladder.
- A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
- a type of two-pronged fastener, usually metal, used for joining, gathering, or binding materials together.
- A small pit.
- (now historical) A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (mining) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- A district granted to an abbey.
- a short U-shaped wire nail
- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
- (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
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- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
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- (rhetoric) The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- (biology) The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- (medicine) The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- plural of taxi
- (historical) A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
- arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- a locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism
- the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part
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- (by extension, sometimes proscribed) The overarching idea or theme of a work, particularly one perceived as highly artistic or intellectual.
- A style of work (such as a book, film, or television programme) characterized by appealing and easily communicable ideas.
- An appealing and easily communicable idea for a work (such as a book, film, or television programme).
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noun
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
- change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
- The act or process of making diminutive.
- A lessening, decrease or reduction.
noun
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
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noun
- A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- (crosswording) An additional puzzle within the crossword, typically involving a set of non-standard clues or answers.
- A concept with multiple instantiations.
- (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
- (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- (linguistics) Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- (film, television, video games) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
adj
adj
- Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
- relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
- of or relating to a melodic subject
- (history) Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).
- (music) Relating to a melodic subject.
- (grammar, Indo-European studies) Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
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adj
- Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
- of or relating to or arranged by topics
- Relating to a particular topic or subject.
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
- Local to a particular place.
- Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.
- (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
- of interest at the present time
- pertaining to the surface of a body part
noun
- A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.
- (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.
- (philately) A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.
- A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
adj
- Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- (especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
- Not out of date; current.
- (slang, by extension) Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.
- having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
adj
- Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
- (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
- (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
- Of or relating to tones or tonality.
- having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
- employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words