major theme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandtheme
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk/θiːm/us/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofmajorandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor theme
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The secondmajorthemeof the book relates to asset allocation rather than security selection.
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Amajorthemeof this paper, then, concerns the methodological advantages of controlled experiments.
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This brings us to the secondmajorthemewhich is the connection between power and knowledge.
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Themajorthemeis the comparison between pressure gradient and forced mixing as separate controllable parameters.
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One othermajorthemeraised in the commentators is how category effects may emerge.
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This chapter also introduces grammatical conservatism as amajorthemeof the book.
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Politics, defined in its classical form as the relations among free individuals, was amajortheme.
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A secondmajorthemeis the reconsideration of corporatism.
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This is the secondmajorthemeof this work.
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I was very surprised to find out that was amajorthemeof your book.
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Amajorthemein multi-agent, multi-case-base systems is the autonomy of the agents.
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A secondmajorthemein path-dependent sequencing arguments is the historical development of social capacities.
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All these changes must be welcomed, and are in line with amajorthemein the government's modernisation agenda, namely the provision of improved public services.
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Amajorthemeof the book is that structures and patterns differ from one language type to another, and not always in ways that might be expected.
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As indicated above, learning was amajortheme, and several papers described novel architectures which facilitated learning.
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The examples given earlier suggest many different meanings of the term - and that is this article's firstmajortheme.
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This is amajortheme.
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The reciprocity between the agenda of politicians and public opinion is amajorthemein political science.
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Also, that genetic fitness and instrumental rationality are not to be equated was amajorthemein our target article.
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