rheme

[reem] /rim/
noun, Linguistics
1.
comment (def 6).
Origin
1890-95; < Greek rhḗma saying, word
Examples from the web for rheme
  • One cannot perform a rheme without also performing a pheme and a phone.
British Dictionary definitions for rheme

rheme

/riːm/
noun
1.
(linguistics) the constituent of a sentence that adds most new information, in addition to what has already been said in the discourse. The rheme is usually, but not always, associated with the subject Compare theme (sense 5)
Word Origin
C20: from Greek rhēma that which is said
Contemporary definitions for rheme
noun

See rhema