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Definitions for Topic

[1] a subject of conversation or discussion: to provide a topic for discussion.
[2] the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.
[3] Rhetoric , Logic . a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn.
[4] 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) .
[5] a subject or theme of a speech, essay, book, etc
[6] a subject of conversation; item of discussion
[7] (in rhetoric, logic, etc) a category or class of arguments or ideas which may be drawn on to furnish proofs

Words related to Topic

case, affair, business, point, material, question, argument, matter, theme, proposition, field, problem, issue, subject, division, head, motif, text, motion, thesis

Words nearby Topic

tophamper, tophet, tophus, topi, topiary, topic, topic sentence, topical, topical anesthesia, topicality, topicalize

Origin of Topic

1560–70; < Latin topica (plural) < Greek (tà ) topiká name of work by Aristotle (literally, (things) pertaining to commonplaces), equivalent to tóp(os ) commonplace + -ika, neuter plural of -ikos -ic; see topo-

Word origin for Topic

C16: from Latin topica translating Greek ta topika, literally: matters relating to commonplaces, title of a treatise by Aristotle, from topoi, pl of topos place, commonplace

Synonyms for Topic

affair, argument, business, case, field, issue, material, matter, point, problem, proposition, question, subject, theme, division, head, motif, motion, motive, resolution, text, theorem, thesis, matter in hand, moot point, point in question