Topic

//ˈtɒpɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

    "A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech."

  2. 2
    some situation or event that is thought about wordnet
  3. 3
    Discussion thread. Internet
  4. 4
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion wordnet
  5. 5
    A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
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  1. 6
    A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.

    "In Peircean terms, topics are interpretants: signifieds that become new signifiers in the endless semiotic chain of interpretations."

  2. 7
    An argument or reason. obsolete

    "contumacious persons, who are not to be fixed by any principles, whom no topics can work upon"

  3. 8
    An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc. obsolete

    "Amongst topics or outward medicines none are more precious than baths."

Adjective
  1. 1
    topical

Synonyms

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subjectsubjectactionaffairanagnorisisangle

Example

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"That topic is too intimate to share with casual acquaintances."

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”).

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