topic
/ˈtɑpɪk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
A discussion thread.
noun
A component similar to a message queue which supports multiple subscribers.
Example Sentences
- "A society where a topic cannot be discussed, does not have free speech."
- "stick to the topic"
- "an interesting topic of conversation"
- "romance is a topic that frequently comes up in conversation"
- "The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy."
- "If after the update you still run into bugs or odd behavior, please report them in the appropriate Steam Community thread or the relevant Discord channel/topic."
Etymology
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: topica, τοπικός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɑpɪk/
- British English: /ˈtɒpɪk/