Dictionary Definition
topic
Noun
1 the subject matter of a conversation or
discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a
very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of
love" [syn: subject,
theme]
2 some situation or event that is thought about;
"he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the
subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" [syn:
subject, issue, matter]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒpɪk
Synonyms
Translations
subect; theme
Extensive Definition
Topic can refer to:
- An area of interest, also called a subject
- Topic (or theme) in linguistics, the part of a proposition that is being talked about (predicated)
- A topic sentence, a sentence in a paragraph that indicates what the paragraph in general is about, usually the first sentence
- An XML topic (a kind of resource)
- Topicality, a stock issue in policy debate which pertains to whether or not the plan affirms the resolution as worded
- Topic Maps, an ISO standard for the representation and interchange of knowledge
Names and titles:
- Dado Topic, Croatian rocker.
- Topic (chocolate bar), a brand of milk chocolate confectionery bar with hazelnuts in soft nougat and smooth caramel
- Topic Records, a British record label
- Topics, a work by Aristotle
topic in German: Topik
topic in French: Topique (homonymie)
topic in Dutch: Topic
topic in Russian: Топика
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
action,
anagnorisis,
angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bone of
contention, catastrophe, catechism, characterization,
color, complication, continuity, contrivance,
cross-interrogatory, cross-question, debating point, demand, denouement, design, development, device, episode, fable, falling action, feeler, gimmick, head, incident, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, keynote, leader, leading question,
line, local color, matter, mood, moot point, motif, motive, movement, mythos, peripeteia, plan, plot, point, point at issue, point in
question, problem,
proposition,
query, question, question at issue,
question mark, quodlibet, recognition, rising action,
scheme, secondary plot,
slant, story, structure, subject, subject matter,
subplot, switch, text, thematic development,
theme, thesis, tone, trial balloon, twist, vexed
question