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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

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  1. n. A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
  2. n. Discourse on a certain subject.
  3. n. A composition or essay required of a pupil.
  4. n. A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
  5. n. That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
  6. n. The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
  7. n. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  8. n. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
  9. n. (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
  10. n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
  11. n. (word/linguistics">linguistics) the word/form">form of a word after all affixes are removed
  12. v. provide with a particular theme or motive