| query | A t____ is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based.A theme is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based. ...variations on themes from Mozart's The Magic Flute. |
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| word | theme |
| full-definition | noun A theme in a piece of writing, a talk, or a discussion is an important idea or subject that runs through it. The theme of the summit was women as 'agents of change'. One of Chomsky's main themes is that the appearance of open debate is illusion. The need to strengthen the family has been a recurrent theme for the Prime Minister. A theme in an artist's work or in a work of literature is an idea in it that the artist or writer develops or repeats. The novel's central theme is the perennial conflict between men and women. This painting points to another recurring theme in Munch's work. A theme is a short simple tune on which a piece of music is based. ...variations on themes from Mozart's The Magic Flute. Theme music or a theme song is a piece of music that is played at the beginning and end of a film or of a television or radio programme . ...the theme from Dr Zhivago. The programme has an appallingly catchy theme tune. |
| inflections | themes |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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