Both Uses
theme
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A Stolen Life
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- I have experienced basketball games and theme parks, reconnected with family members, and met some amazing people.
p. 269.9 *theme parks = amusement parks each of which have one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- It was crab themed because my daughter loves her hermit crabs Kevin, Devin, and Cheese.†
p. 235.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(theme as in: theme of the novel) a basic idea that underlies what is being said or done -- especially in a literary or artistic work
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(2)
(theme as in: musical theme) the initial or primary melody of a musical composition
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(as in "theme song") music that is most repeated in a film, television series, or other theatrical production -
(3)
(theme as in: wrote a 2-page theme on my summer) an essay written by a student
(This sense of theme is much rarer in recent decades than in the past.) - (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)