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theme

theme \'the-m\ n [ME teme, theme, fr. OF & L; OF teme, fr. L thema, fr.]Gk, 
   lit., something laid down, fr. tithenai to place - more at DO 1: a subject 
   or topic of discourse or of artistic representation  2: STEM  3: a written 
   exercise : COMPOSITION  4: a melodic subject of a musical composition or 
   movement