Meaning of 'topic'

Meaning of 'topic' (Webster Dictionary)

1. Topic

[ a.]

- Topical.

2. Topic

[ n.]

- One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
- A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.
- An argument or reason.
- The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.
- An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.

Meaning of 'topic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1. topic

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

Example in sentence:

he didn't want to discuss that subject;
his letters were always on the theme of love;
it was a very sensitive topic

Meaning (2):
- some situation or event that is thought about

Example in sentence:

he had been thinking about the subject for several years;
he kept drifting off the topic;
it is a matter for the police

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