English-Thai Dictionary
topical
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ เรื่อง ที่ ได้รับ ความสนใจ ในขณะนั้น thematic nominal subjective kiao-kab-rueng-ti-dai-rab-kwam-son-jai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TOPICALLY
adv. Locally; with limitation to a part. 1. With application to a particular part; as a remedy topically applied.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TOPICAL
Top "ic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. Topic, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.
2. (Rhet. & logic )
Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.
3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.
TOPICALLY
TOPICALLY Top "ic *al *ly, adv.
Defn: In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic.
New American Oxford Dictionary
topical
top i cal |ˈtäpikəl ˈtɑpəkəl | ▶adjective 1 (of a subject ) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events: a wide variety of subjects of topical interest. • relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject: annotated links to resources in eleven topical categories. • Philately relating to the collecting of postage stamps with designs connected with the same subject. 2 chiefly Medicine relating or applied directly to a part of the body. ▶noun Philately a postage stamp forming part of a set or collection with designs connected with the same subject. DERIVATIVES top i cal i ty |ˌtäpəˈkalitē |noun, top i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek topikos + -al. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as ‘applicable in most but not all cases. ’
topicalize
top i cal ize |ˈtäpikəˌlīz ˈtɑpəkəˌlaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Linguistics cause (a subject, word, or phrase ) to be the topic of a sentence or discourse, typically by placing it first. DERIVATIVES top i cal i za tion |ˌtäpəkəliˈzāSHən |noun
Oxford Dictionary
topical
top |ic ¦al |ˈtɒpɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 (of a subject ) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events: a popular topical affairs programme. • relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject: foreign or topical stamps. 2 chiefly Medicine relating or applied directly to a part of the body. DERIVATIVES topicality |-ˈkalɪti |noun, topically adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Greek topikos + -al. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as ‘applicable in most but not all cases ’.
topicalize
topicalize |ˈtɒpɪk (ə )lʌɪz |(also topicalise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] Linguistics cause (a subject, word, or phrase ) to be the topic of a sentence or discourse, typically by placing it first. DERIVATIVES topicalization noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
topical
topical adjective let's stick to topical issues: current, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, contemporary, recent, relevant; newsworthy, in the news. ANTONYMS out-of-date.
Oxford Thesaurus
topical
topical adjective a forum for the discussion of topical issues: current, up to date, up to the minute, contemporary, recent; newsworthy, in the news; relevant, pressing, important, vital, timely, popular; informal trendy. ANTONYMS out of date, outdated.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
topical
top i cal /tɑ́pɪk (ə )l |tɔ́p -/形容詞 1 時事問題の ; 話題の ; 題目の ; 項目の ▸ topical issues 時事問題 2 局地的な ; 〘医 〙局部の [に用いる ].~ly 副詞
topicality
top i cal i ty /tɑ̀pəkǽləti |tɔ̀p -/名詞 複 -ties 1 U 話題になること, 時事性 .2 C 〖通例 -ties 〗時事問題 .