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Noun: rheme  reem
  1. (linguistics) the part of a sentence that provides new information about the subject or topic, contrasting with the theme
    "In 'The cat is black', 'is black' is the rheme, while 'The cat' is the theme"

Derived forms: rhemes

Encyclopedia: Rheme