A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
A motif.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
The stem of a word.
A concept with multiple instantiations.
Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
Any of various colors, or color palettes, in which a design is offered; (graphical user interface) any of various skins for an app, affecting the visuals and perhaps other elements such as sound effects.
To give a theme to.
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).