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This month, the theme is Japanese culture, to coincide with the museum's Japan Car exhibition.

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  1. noun A topic of discourse or discussion. See Synonyms at subject.
  2. noun A subject of artistic representation.
  3. noun An implicit or recurrent idea; a motif: a theme of powerlessness that runs through the diary; a party with a tropical island theme.
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  • The "I'm loving it" theme translates as "C'est tout que je t'aime," syntactically clunky but more appetizing.
  • Lucas McDonnell: Hi Max - my theme is a heavily ... —  lucasmcdonnell.com
  • A variation on this theme is a new Web resource at PageOnce. com, which takes a completely different approach. —  Lockergnome
  • Copying would mean both the UI elements & the theme is the same. —  Starpulse Entertainment News
  • Each profile can be configured with its own Wallpaper, Sound on activation, Sound Volume, Bluetooth setting, Backlight setting (Normal / On if charging / Always on), Theme ... and the killer feature: Application (s) to run when the theme is active. —  All About Symbian - News
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topic ·  aspect ·  concept ·  song ·  sentiment ·  phrase ·  story ·  scene ·  motive ·  text ·  drama ·  tradition

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English teme, theme, from Old French tesme, from Latin thema, from Greek; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also theam; now altered to suit the L. form; from Middle English teme, teeme, from Old French teme, tesme, theme, French thème = Provencal thema = Spanish tema = Portuguese thema = Italian tema = German thema, from Latin thema, from Greek θέμα, what is laid down, a deposit, a prize, a proposition, the subject of an argument, a primary word or root, a military district, a province, from τιθέναι (√ θε), set, place, dispose: see do. Cf. thesis.
 

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