adj
Meaning 1
topical
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
topic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒpɪk/
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General-American: /ˈtɑpɪk/
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rhymes with -ɒpɪk
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CMU ARPABET: T AA1 P IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech.
- stick to the topic
- an interesting topic of conversation
- romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ground
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A discussion thread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
Meaning 4
A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
An argument or reason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 7
An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 8
some situation or event that is thought about
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subject, issue, matter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Narrower terms: area, blind spot, remit, res judicata, res adjudicata
noun
Meaning 9
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subject, theme
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: bone of contention, precedent, question, head, keynote
History
Etymology
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
Across languages
Translations
144 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: onderwerp — subject; theme
- Albanian: temë — subject; theme
- Arabic: مَوْضُوع (mawḍūʕ) — subject; theme
- Arabic: مَوَاضِيع (mawāḍīʕ) — subject; theme
- Armenian: թեմա (tʻema) — subject; theme
- Armenian: առարկա (aṙarka) — subject; theme
- Armenian: նյութ (nyutʻ) — subject; theme
- Azerbaijani: mövzu — subject; theme
- Azerbaijani: tema — subject; theme
- Basque: gai — subject; theme
- Belarusian: тэ́ма (téma) — subject; theme
- Belarusian: прадме́т (pradmjét) — subject; theme
- Bengali: প্রসঙ্গ (prośoṅgo) — subject; theme
- Bengali: বিষয় (biśoẏ) — subject; theme
- Bulgarian: те́ма (téma) — subject; theme
- Bulgarian: предме́т (predmét) — subject; theme
- Burmese: အကြောင်း (a.kraung:) — subject; theme
- Chinese Cantonese: 主題 /主题 (zyu2 tai4) — subject; theme
- Chinese Cantonese: 話題 /话题 (waa6 tai4) — subject; theme
- Chinese Mandarin: 主題 /主题 (zhǔtí) — subject; theme
- Chinese Mandarin: 話題 /话题 (huàtí) — subject; theme
- Czech: téma — subject; theme
- Czech: předmět — subject; theme
- Danish: emne — subject; theme
- Danish: tema — subject; theme
- Dutch: onderwerp — subject; theme
- Dutch: thema — subject; theme
- Esperanto: temo — subject; theme
- Estonian: teema — subject; theme
- Faroese: evni — subject; theme
- Finnish: aihe — subject; theme
- Finnish: teema — subject; theme
- French: sujet — subject; theme
- French: thème — subject; theme
- Georgian: თემა (tema) — subject; theme
- German: Thema — subject; theme
- Greek: θέμα (théma) — subject; theme
- Ancient Greek: θέμα (théma) — subject; theme
- Ancient Greek: τόπος (tópos) — subject; theme
- Hebrew: נוֹשֵׂא (nosé) — subject; theme
- Hindi: प्रसंग (prasaṅg) — subject; theme
- Hindi: विषय (viṣay) — subject; theme
- Hungarian: téma — subject; theme
- Icelandic: efni — subject; theme
- Icelandic: þema — subject; theme
- Indonesian: topik — subject; theme
- Indonesian: tema — subject; theme
- Irish: téama — subject; theme
- Italian: tema — subject; theme
- Italian: categoria — subject; theme
- Italian: argomento — subject; theme
- Italian: soggetto — subject; theme
- Japanese: 話題 (wadai) — subject; theme
- Japanese: テーマ (tēma) — subject; theme
- Japanese: トピック (topikku) — subject; theme
- Japanese: 主題 (shudai) — subject; theme
- Kazakh: тақырып (taqyryp) — subject; theme
- Kazakh: тема (tema) — subject; theme
- Khmer: អង្គសេចក្តី (ʼɑng sackdəy) — subject; theme
- Khmer: សាច់រឿង (sac rɨəng) — subject; theme
- Khmer: អត្ថរស (ʼatthaʼrŭəh) — subject; theme
- Korean: 화제 (hwaje) — subject; theme
- Korean: 주제 (juje) — subject; theme
- Korean: 테마 (tema) — subject; theme
- Korean: 토픽 (topik) — subject; theme
- Korean: 쩨마 (jjema) — subject; theme
- Northern Kurdish: mewzû — subject; theme
- Northern Kurdish: babet — subject; theme
- Northern Kurdish: mijar — subject; theme
- Kyrgyz: тема (tema) — subject; theme
- Lao: ກະທູ້ (ka thū) — subject; theme
- Lao: ຫົວຂໍ້ (hūa khǭ) — subject; theme
- Latin: thema — subject; theme
- Latvian: temats — subject; theme
- Lithuanian: tema — subject; theme
- Macedonian: тема (tema) — subject; theme
- Malay: topik — subject; theme
- Malay: tema — subject; theme
- Manx: bun-chooish — subject; theme
- Māori: marau — subject; theme
- Māori: kaupapa — subject; theme
- Māori: takawhetanga nā te ngutu — subject; theme
- Mongolian: сэдэв (sedev) — subject; theme
- Norwegian Bokmål: emne — subject; theme
- Norwegian Bokmål: tema — subject; theme
- Norwegian Nynorsk: emne — subject; theme
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tema — subject; theme
- Old English: andtimber — subject; theme
- Pashto: موضوع (mawzo') — subject; theme
- Dari: مَوضُوع (mawzū') — subject; theme
- Iranian Persian: مُوضوع (mowzu') — subject; theme
- Iranian Persian: تِم (tem) — subject; theme
- Iranian Persian: مَطْلَب (matlab) — subject; theme
- Iranian Persian: سوژِه (suže) — subject; theme
- Polish: temat — subject; theme
- Polish: przedmiot — subject; theme
- Portuguese: tópico — subject; theme
- Portuguese: assunto — subject; theme
- Romanian: temă — subject; theme
- Romanian: subiect — subject; theme
- Romansh: tema — subject; theme
- Russian: те́ма (téma) — subject; theme
- Russian: предме́т (predmét) — subject; theme
- Russian: то́пик (tópik) — subject; theme
- Sanskrit: विषय (viṣaya) — subject; theme
- Serbo-Croatian: те́ма — subject; theme
- Serbo-Croatian: téma — subject; theme
- Slovak: téma — subject; theme
- Slovak: predmet — subject; theme
- Slovene: tema — subject; theme
- Sotho: sehlooho — subject; theme
- Sotho: hlooho — subject; theme
- Spanish: tema — subject; theme
- Spanish: tópico — subject; theme
- Spanish: asunto — subject; theme
- Spanish: bolá — subject; theme
- Spanish: torete — subject; theme
- Spanish: torillo — subject; theme
- Swedish: samtalsämne — subject; theme
- Swedish: ämne — subject; theme
- Swedish: tema — subject; theme
- Tajik: мавзӯъ (mavzü') — subject; theme
- Tajik: тема (tema) — subject; theme
- Thai: หัวข้อ (hǔua-kɔ̂ɔ) — subject; theme
- Thai: กระทู้ (grà-túu) — subject; theme
- Turkish: mevzu — subject; theme
- Turkish: tema — subject; theme
- Ottoman Turkish: موضوع (mevzuʼ) — subject; theme
- Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs, bahis) — subject; theme
- Ottoman Turkish: مبحث (mebhas) — subject; theme
- Turkmen: tema — subject; theme
- Turkmen: mowzuk — subject; theme
- Ukrainian: те́ма (téma) — subject; theme
- Ukrainian: предме́т (predmét) — subject; theme
- Urdu: مَوضُوع (mauzū') — subject; theme
- Uyghur: ماۋزۇ (mawzu) — subject; theme
- Uyghur: تېما (tëma) — subject; theme
- Uzbek: mavzu — subject; theme
- Uzbek: tema — subject; theme
- Vietnamese: chủ đề — subject; theme
- West Frisian: ûnderwerp — subject; theme
- West Frisian: tema — subject; theme
- Yiddish: טעמע (teme) — subject; theme
- Zulu: isihloko — subject; theme
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