See topic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "topic", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "topics", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "hyphenation": "top‧ic", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "We were talking about my problems. Don't change the topic." }, { "text": "Our library has books on a wide range of topics." }, { "text": "When you're writing for school, it's important to stay on topic, and not start talking about other things." } ], "glosses": [ "A topic is a general idea that someone is speaking (reading, thinking, etc.) about at a specific time." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "theme" }, { "word": "subject" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈtɒpɪk/", "tags": [ "UK" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˈtɑpɪk/", "tags": [ "US" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-topic.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "topic" }
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