a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
provide with a particular theme or motive; "the restaurant often themes its menus"
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
the act of issuing printed materials
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"
one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"