noun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
noun
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
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- a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
noun
a branch of knowledge
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- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
noun
some situation or event that is thought about
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- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
noun
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence
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- the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
noun
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures
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- someone who is an object of investigation
- the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
- the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
noun
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
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- a monarch has a duty to his subjects
noun
(logic) the first term of a proposition
verb
cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
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- He subjected me to his awful poetry
- The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills
- People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation
verb
make accountable for
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- He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
verb
make subservient
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- force to submit or subdue
adjective
possibly accepting or permitting
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- a passage capable of misinterpretation
- open to interpretation
- an issue open to question
- the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
adjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
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- subject peoples
- a dependent prince
adjective
likely to be affected by something
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- the bond is subject to taxation
- he is subject to fits of depression