Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: topic
IPA transcription: [t'ɑpɪk]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: subject, topic, theme
    Meaning: the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
  • Synonyms: topic, subject, issue, matter
    Meaning: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
Usage examples
  • She alluded to the topic of age.
  • The conversation drifted from topic to topic.
  • He fencing for a topic with which he might gain my affection.
  • "We will try a less exciting topic," the Professor mildly remarked to the children.
  • But this topic belongs to the philosophy of physics, and need not concern us in our present inquiry.
  • "Any exobiologists there?" Lea asked, with a woman's eternal ability to make any general topic personal.
  • They had at least one topic on which they could converse intelligently with any grown-up person, and in which they were really superior to most.
  • I read, in every word of his plain impressive way of delivering himself, new evidence of his having thought of this one topic, in every feature it presented.
  • The desperadoes formed the chief topic of discussion, even Don showed the bloodhound in him, and, ever since leaving Egan, showed unusual excitement and was more vigilant.
  • There were still further speculations, that related less to the apparition itself than to its connection with the other grand topic of the time--the murder of young Poindexter.