Слово англійською: topic
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Переклад topic українською: тема, ~ of conversation — тема розмови, the ~ of the day — злободенна тема, предмет обговорення (дискусії)
Детальний опис
- a subject that you talk, write or learn about
- The main topic of conversation was Tom's new girlfriend.
- a topic of discussion/interest
- to cover/discuss/address a topic
- a range/variety of topics
- The article covered a wide range of controversial topics including forced marriage and abortion.
- There will be workshops on related topics.
- Hot topics (= that are being discussed a lot) for discussion included global warming and pollution of the oceans.
- She has written about such important topics as race, culture and class.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (originally denoting a set or book of general rules or ideas): from Latin topica, from Greek ta topika, literally ‘matters concerning commonplaces’ (the title of a written work by Aristotle), from topos ‘a place’.
Idioms - not appropriate or relevant to the situation
- That comment is completely off topic.
- He keeps veering off topic.
- appropriate or relevant to the situation
- Keep the text short and on topic.
- Let's get back on topic.