Associations to the word «Topic»

Wiktionary

TOPIC, adjective. Topical
TOPIC, noun. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
TOPIC, noun. (Internet) Discussion thread.
TOPIC, noun. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
TOPIC, noun. (obsolete) (medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.
TOPIC MAP, noun. A representation of knowledge consisting of a graph of topics (representing any concept, from people, countries, and organizations to software modules, individual files, and events), associations (which represent the relationships between them), and occurrences (which represent relationships between topics and information resources relevant to them).
TOPIC SENTENCE, noun. A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
TOPIC SENTENCES, noun. Plural of topic sentence

Dictionary definition

TOPIC, noun. 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".
TOPIC, noun. 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".

Wise words

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes