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motif |
Grep of noun motif leitmotif motif Overview of noun motif The noun motif has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) motif -- (a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors) 2. (1) motif, motive -- (a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music) 3. (1) theme, motif -- (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme") Overview of noun motif The noun motif has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) motif -- (a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors) 2. (1) motif, motive -- (a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music) 3. (1) theme, motif -- (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme")
motif definition