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Subject

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Definitions for Subject

noun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
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Examples
  1. he didn't want to discuss that subject
  2. it was a very sensitive topic
  3. 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
Synonyms
content depicted object
Examples
  1. a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
noun
a branch of knowledge
Synonyms
discipline subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick
Examples
  1. in what discipline is his doctorate?
  2. teachers should be well trained in their subject
  3. anthropology is the study of human beings
noun
some situation or event that is thought about
Synonyms
Examples
  1. he kept drifting off the topic
  2. he had been thinking about the subject for several years
  3. it is a matter for the police
noun
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence
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  1. the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
noun
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures
Synonyms
case guinea pig
Examples
  1. someone who is an object of investigation
  2. the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
  3. the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
noun
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
Synonyms
Examples
  1. 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
Examples
  1. He subjected me to his awful poetry
  2. The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills
  3. People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation
verb
make accountable for
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  1. He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
verb
make subservient
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  1. force to submit or subdue
adjective
possibly accepting or permitting
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  1. a passage capable of misinterpretation
  2. open to interpretation
  3. an issue open to question
  4. 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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  1. subject peoples
  2. a dependent prince
adjective
likely to be affected by something
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  1. the bond is subject to taxation
  2. he is subject to fits of depression

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