"thematise" meaning in English

See thematise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈθiːmətaɪz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thematise.wav Forms: thematises [present, singular, third-person], thematising [participle, present], thematised [participle, past], thematised [past]
Etymology: From the stem of Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “theme”) + -ise. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|θέμα|t=theme}} Ancient Greek θέμα (théma, “theme”), {{af|en|-ise}} -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} thematise (third-person singular simple present thematises, present participle thematising, simple past and past participle thematised), {{tlb|en|transitive}} (transitive)
  1. (linguistics) To convert (a sentence or a part of it) into a theme. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-thematise-en-verb-3RfWWEux Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics, Indo-European studies) To modify (a word or stem) by adding a thematic vowel. Tags: Indo-European-studies, transitive Categories (topical): Indo-European studies, Linguistics
    Sense id: en-thematise-en-verb-sxLR8zka Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 43 26 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ise: 12 42 24 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 45 27 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 52 26 17 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. To make thematic; to organize by theme. Tags: transitive Synonyms (insert a vowel, make thematic): thematicise
    Sense id: en-thematise-en-verb-F7FSodCE Disambiguation of 'insert a vowel, make thematic': 15 26 54 5
  4. To bring attention to (a topic), e.g. by discussing it constructively. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-thematise-en-verb-dEPhYOEq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thematize [US] Derived forms: thematisation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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