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topic
[ top-ik ]
noun
- a subject of conversation or discussion:
to provide a topic for discussion.
- the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.
Synonyms: subject matter, thesis
- Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn.
- Also called theme. Linguistics. the part of a sentence that announces the item about which the rest of the sentence communicates information, often signaled by initial position in the sentence or by a grammatical marker. Compare comment ( def 7 ).
topic
/ ˈtɒpɪk /
noun
- a subject or theme of a speech, essay, book, etc
- a subject of conversation; item of discussion
- (in rhetoric, logic, etc) a category or class of arguments or ideas which may be drawn on to furnish proofs
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Example Sentences
For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
One topic that comes up among the members, she says, is dealing with loss years later.
The other Twitter topic you are well known for is the topic of Salon.
A few minor notes, born of reflection: Traditionally, the best columns are dominated by politics—its most popular topic.
Of course there was no official way to have these interviews given the sensitivity of the topic.
Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
Cecilia says they were all talking of it at Maundrell Abbey, where of course it is a peculiarly interesting topic.
She chatted freely, discoursed on almost every topic, and during it all he saw what a wonderfully courageous woman she was.
In continuation of this topic, may I inquire when and where the two following bishops, deprived in 1690, died?
Surely the topic is capable of being handled in a sufficiently exciting manner!
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