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Rheme

/ɹiːm/

The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.

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📖 Definitions of "Rheme"

noun

1
The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
2
A sign that represents its object in respect of quality and so, in its signified interpretant, is represented as a character or mark; sumisign.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rheme"

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Word	Definition
themenoun	A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
rhemanoun	(Christianity) A spiritual communication or inspiration from God to an individual, as opposed to the universal Logos.
rhematic	(linguistics) Of a part of a sentence: providing new information regarding the current theme.
rhaphenoun	(botany) Alternative form of raphe. [(anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.]
narremenoun	A basic unit of narrative structure.
rimenoun	Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
rheomodenoun	An experimental form of language based on verbs.
rheidnoun	(zoology) Any member of the Rheidae; a rhea.
rhimenoun	Obsolete form of rhyme. [(countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)]
rheinenoun	(organic chemistry) Archaic form of rhein. [(organic chemistry) An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.]
rhymerynoun	(often derogatory) The art or habit of making rhymes.
erotemenoun	(rare) A question mark.
rhymenoun	(countable) A word that rhymes with another.
rhymingnoun	rhyme
rootnoun	The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
internal rhymenoun	The rhyming of words (in modern English poetry) or of stressed syllables (in old Germanic poetry) within the same line of a verse.
rhabomerenoun	Misspelling of rhabdomere. [Any of the small, rodlike parts of a rhabdom.]
linking rnoun	(phonetics) An "r" that is pronounced only because it is closely followed by another morpheme beginning with a vowel sound, as in water ice, in non-rhotic varieties of English.
riddlemereenoun	Alternative form of riddle me ree. [(countable) A riddle, a verbal puzzle.]
rimesternoun	One who rimes.