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Definition of rheme noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rheme

noun
 
/riːm/
 
/riːm/
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  1. the part of a sentence or clause that adds new information to what the reader or audience already knows compare theme
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Greek rhēma ‘that which is said’.
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