favourite theme

collocation in English

meaningsoffavouriteandtheme

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favourite
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/us
/ˈfeɪ.vər.ət/
best liked or ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition offavouriteandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffavourite theme

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Anotherfavouritethemewas the use of conscription to help subordinate the army to civilian control.
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I know that this is a case of plugging afavouritethemeof mine.
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She made an excellent speech on herfavouritethemeof the brutality of prize fighting.
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That malaise has been afavouritethemeof many maiden speakers since.
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It seems to be afavouritethemein the other place.
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Their old,favouritethemeis that more public spending is the only way to reduce unemployment.
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I know that that is afavouritethemeof his.
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I remember that early in his speech he spoke of the endless adventure of politics—afavouritethemeof his.
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Afavouritethemeof mine is that we must provide parking places in the centre of our cities.
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He touched on afavouritethemeof mine—the need for proper partnership between government at all levels and the voluntary sector.
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This takes me to anotherfavouritetheme.
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Character building of youth was hisfavouritetheme.
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Doubtless owing largely to personal reasons, lung diseases and especially lung fibrosis formed hisfavouritetheme, but he also discussed other subjects, such as kidney failure, anemia, constipation, etc.
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Indeed, upholding the dignity of the nobility was one of his favourite themes.
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Anotherfavouritethemewas that of the prodigal son: the struggle of a disgraced scion of a well-to-do family to redeem himself in society and his fathers eyes.
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I am returning to one of my favourite themes.
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I revert to another of my favourite themes: the excellence of local newspapers.
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Other favourite themes are class, disability, and the power of the maternal bond in all its forms, healthy or otherwise.
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Throughout his life he revisited a small number of favourite themes, and painted multiple versions of many of his major compositions.
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Among his favourite themes are the vagabonds who are portrayed as grotesquely dressed-up petty philosophers and the circus milieu that he regarded with much warmth.
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