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topic

[ top-ik ]

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noun

a subject of conversation or discussion:to provide a topic for discussion.

the subject or theme of a discourse or of one of its parts.

Rhetoric, Logic. a general field of considerations from which arguments can be drawn.

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).

OTHER WORDS FOR TOPIC

2thesis, subject matter.

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Give these words new meaning by adding them to your lexical repertoire and proving that untranslatable words translate pretty well to your vocab.

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ORIGIN OF TOPIC

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin topica (plural), from 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-

SYNONYM STUDY FOR TOPIC

2. See subject.

WORDS NEARBY TOPIC

Tophet, top-hole, tophus, topi, topiary, topic, topical, topical anesthesia, topicality, topicalize, topically

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WORDS RELATED TO TOPIC

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

HOW TO USE TOPIC IN A SENTENCE

• Shaw and McCarthy both agree that these are tricky topics, especially for people whose own parents never talked to them about these issues.

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• You can check Google Trends to find out which topics are trending in your niche and then keep track of traffic.

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• You might be hesitant to ask them about it because it’s a sensitive topic.

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• Nearly two years ago, other city leaders asked the San Diego Housing Commission to study that very topic, but that didn’t happen.

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