topicnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtɒp.ɪk/us/ˈtɑː.pɪk/B1 a subject that is discussed, written about, or studied:
Our discussion included topics such as acid rain and the melting of polar ice.
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- We seem to have exhausted this topic of conversation .
- An article on this topic would once have been considered off limits.
- Picking up the threads of our discussion, let's return to the topic of factory farming.
- I'd like to steer our discussion back to our original topic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- domain
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- item
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- sweep
- talk
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- turf
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