Topic
noun
A subject that people talk, write or think about.
We discussed many topics in today's meeting.
Often appears as...
- hot topic
- off topic
noun
A location on a website or forum where users discuss a specific subject.
She posted her question in the troubleshooting topic.
Often appears as...
- forum topic
- topic thread
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Technical
noun
A section or part of a piece of writing.
Each topic in his thesis was well researched.
Often appears as...
- thesis topic
- research topic
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Academic
noun
A subject that people talk, write or think about.
We discussed many topics in today's meeting.
Often appears as...
- hot topic
- off topic
noun
A location on a website or forum where users discuss a specific subject.
She posted her question in the troubleshooting topic.
Often appears as...
- forum topic
- topic thread
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A section or part of a piece of writing.
Each topic in his thesis was well researched.
Often appears as...
- thesis topic
- research topic
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Starter
Use 'topic' to introduce what you want to talk about or shift to a new subject.
Let's change the topic. Have you traveled recently?
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Relevant
Make sure the topic relates to the conversation. Going off-topic confuses the listener.
We're getting off topic; let's focus on the issue at hand.
Pro Tip 3/3Debate Subject
A 'hot topic' is a subject with lots of current interest and debate.
Climate change is a hot topic right now.
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Starter
Use 'topic' to introduce what you want to talk about or shift to a new subject.
Let's change the topic. Have you traveled recently?
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Relevant
Make sure the topic relates to the conversation. Going off-topic confuses the listener.
We're getting off topic; let's focus on the issue at hand.
Pro Tip 3/3Debate Subject
A 'hot topic' is a subject with lots of current interest and debate.
Climate change is a hot topic right now.
Pro Tip 1/3Conversation Starter
Use 'topic' to introduce what you want to talk about or shift to a new subject.
Let's change the topic. Have you traveled recently?
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Relevant
Make sure the topic relates to the conversation. Going off-topic confuses the listener.
We're getting off topic; let's focus on the issue at hand.
Pro Tip 3/3Debate Subject
A 'hot topic' is a subject with lots of current interest and debate.
Climate change is a hot topic right now.
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
that ultimate decision to the committee and to the cdc i know you're a very busy man but there are two topics that we need to get to there are things that are top of mind for people right now for parents top of mind right now is their kids going back to school you have said that you would like to see
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How interpreters juggle...
they carefully prepare for an assignment, building glossaries in advance, reading voraciously about the subject matter, and reviewing previous talks on the topic. Finally, interpreters work in pairs. While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time,
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The Turing test: Can a...
But while Cleverbot's individual responses can sound incredibly human, its lack of a consistent personality and inability to deal with brand new topics are a dead giveaway. Who in Turing's day could have predicted that today's computers would be able to pilot spacecraft,
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The language of lying —...
This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns in the subconscious language of deception.
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
essentially the same topic. So now we're funding them to the tune of about five or six million dollars to collaborate and bringing them together, and that's a unique thing in the cancer world, and we know, through that collaboration, it will accelerate outcomes.
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Street Art Inspired by...
awareness on the topic of nature a lot of young people that I work with through in spray painting they don't really care about nature as such and a lot of people quite ignorant to it my artwork is the only thing I can do myself to help
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Can you really tell if a...
One application is in education. For example, using this technology, we can help this mathematics teacher to identify the student in his classroom who may experience high anxiety about the topic he's teaching so that he can help him.
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity,
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Einstein's miracle year...
Yet within the following year, Einstein would publish not one, not two, not three, but four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe.
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A message from the next...
learn my favorite school topics and to decorate my bookshelf all these things may appear small but every inspiration from around me encourages me to do something creative and feel very happy
Video examples
Stopping Pandemics, An...
that ultimate decision to the committee and to the cdc i know you're a very busy man but there are two topics that we need to get to there are things that are top of mind for people right now for parents top of mind right now is their kids going back to school you have said that you would like to see
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
they carefully prepare for an assignment, building glossaries in advance, reading voraciously about the subject matter, and reviewing previous talks on the topic. Finally, interpreters work in pairs. While one colleague is busy translating incoming speeches in real time,
Video examples
The Turing test: Can a...
But while Cleverbot's individual responses can sound incredibly human, its lack of a consistent personality and inability to deal with brand new topics are a dead giveaway. Who in Turing's day could have predicted that today's computers would be able to pilot spacecraft,
Video examples
The language of lying —...
This suggests that creating a false story about a personal topic takes work and results in a different pattern of language use. A technology known as linguistic text analysis has helped to identify four such common patterns in the subconscious language of deception.
Video examples
Adam Garone: Healthier...
essentially the same topic. So now we're funding them to the tune of about five or six million dollars to collaborate and bringing them together, and that's a unique thing in the cancer world, and we know, through that collaboration, it will accelerate outcomes.
Video examples
Street Art Inspired by...
awareness on the topic of nature a lot of young people that I work with through in spray painting they don't really care about nature as such and a lot of people quite ignorant to it my artwork is the only thing I can do myself to help
Video examples
Can you really tell if a...
One application is in education. For example, using this technology, we can help this mathematics teacher to identify the student in his classroom who may experience high anxiety about the topic he's teaching so that he can help him.
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity,
Video examples
Einstein's miracle year...
Yet within the following year, Einstein would publish not one, not two, not three, but four extraordinary papers, each on a different topic, that were destined to radically transform our understanding of the universe.
Video examples
A message from the next...
learn my favorite school topics and to decorate my bookshelf all these things may appear small but every inspiration from around me encourages me to do something creative and feel very happy
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip a half grade or move into more challenging classes. While it was all right for me to know more about a topic than my sixth-grade teacher had ever learned, questioning her facts could only lead to trouble.
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Hans Vestberg
Swedish Businessman
It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!
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Brene Brown
American Author
One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you feel you have a fresh perspective and an understanding of a certain emotional truth, it's always worth writing.
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Hugo Chavez
Statesman
Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
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Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world - one reader at a time.
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Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation.
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William Henry Harrison
American President
To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.
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Kathryn Harrison
American Author
I admire cool renderings of hot topics.
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James D. Watson
American Scientist
My parents made it clear that I should never display even the slightest disrespect to individuals who had the power to let me skip a half grade or move into more challenging classes. While it was all right for me to know more about a topic than my sixth-grade teacher had ever learned, questioning her facts could only lead to trouble.
Quote examples
Hans Vestberg
Swedish Businessman
It's always great to have a purpose of a meeting and an ending for it, but it's even more important to be present and have an engagement on the topic you're doing, to create an environment and energy around that meeting, so everybody goes from there, 'That's great; we can take it forward!
Quote examples
Brene Brown
American Author
One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.
Quote examples
Jami Attenberg
American Author
I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you feel you have a fresh perspective and an understanding of a certain emotional truth, it's always worth writing.
Quote examples
Hugo Chavez
Statesman
Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral.
Quote examples
Ice Cube
American Musician
I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.
Quote examples
Jacqueline Woodson
American Writer
I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world - one reader at a time.
Quote examples
Ginni Rometty
American Businesswoman
One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation.
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William Henry Harrison
American President
To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.
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Kathryn Harrison
American Author
I admire cool renderings of hot topics.
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