primary theme

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandtheme

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary theme

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It follows a more conventional fast-slow-fast structure with a recycling of the first movement theme as an underlying ostinato to theprimarythemeof the last movement.
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Theprimarythemeof this review is the distinction between early-onset and late-onset depression in older adults.
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From these data, one might expect that at the macro-structure level, theprimarythemewould be labeling objects.
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Changes in sexuality were acknowledged by 80% of the women, with theprimarythemecentered around body image distress.
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Itsprimarythemeis improving outcomes for users and carers.
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Theprimarythemeof the debate has been unemployment.
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Theprimarythemeof today's debate is the promotion of better east-west transport links in the eastern region.
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There is another possible source for this sameprimarytheme.
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Love is theprimarythemeof these compositions, but not exclusively.
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Theprimarythemeof his drama was patriotism and freedom movement.
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Theprimarytheme, a modified sentence structure, lasts from mm. 1-30.
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Theprimarythemebecame a popular tune in its time.
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This song is meant as theprimarythemethe album is based upon.
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It was the first to use the subject as itsprimarytheme.
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The festival'sprimarythemeis the realm of the faerie.
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A strong contender for theprimarythemewould be the nature of a plausible utopia.
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Theprimarythemethroughout the series is of society's treatment of the aged.
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Takahashi decided to use battle as hisprimarytheme.
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The second theme group is more complex than theprimarytheme.
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