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theme - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
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melodic line,
melodic phrase,
melody,
tune,
air,
strain,
line the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
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music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"
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motif,
motive a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
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statement a document showing credits and debits
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variation an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
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theme - a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" |
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motif |
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thought,
idea the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"
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topos a traditional theme or motif or literary convention; "James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses"
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theme - provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus" |
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furnish,
supply,
provide,
render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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