rheme
/ɹiːm/
rheme noun: the part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
Noun
rheme (plural rhemes)
Synonyms of rheme
Forms of rheme
| plural | rhemes |
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Origin of rheme
From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, phrase, verb”).
Words formed from rheme
Words that rhyme with rheme
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- upstream
- deem
- dream
- scream
- team
- academe
- bream
- downstream
- esteem
- forebeam
- supreme
- teem
- A team
- ice cream
- under one's own steam
- abeam
- addeem
- astream
- beseem
- centime
- decime
- deme
- fleam
- inseam
- Karim
- preem
- seem
- agleam
- breme
- buffer beam
- distream
- foredream
- haem
- heme
- Kareem
- kilim
- leam
- leme
- let off steam
- meem
- misesteem
- misseem
- neem
- on stream
- prime
- redream
- reem
- reim
Questions about rheme
- What does rheme mean?
- Rheme means the part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
- What part of speech is rheme?
- Rheme is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rheme?
- Rheme is pronounced /ɹiːm/.
- What is the plural of rheme?
- The plural of rheme is rhemes.
Words near rheme in the dictionary
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