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Definitions for Subject

[1] that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
[2] a branch of knowledge as a course of study: He studied four subjects in his first year at college.
[3] a motive, cause, or ground: a subject for complaint.
[4] the theme of a sermon, book, story, etc.
[5] the principal melodic motif or phrase in a musical composition, especially in a fugue.
[6] an object, scene, incident, etc., chosen by an artist for representation, or as represented in art.
[7] a person who is under the dominion or rule of a sovereign.
[8] a person who owes allegiance to a government and lives under its protection: four subjects of Sweden.
[9] Grammar . (in English and many other languages) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the predicate, and that consists of a noun, noun phrase, or noun substitute which often refers to the one performing the action or being in the state expressed by the predicate, as He in He gave notice.
[10] a person or thing that undergoes or may undergo some action: As a dissenter, he found himself the subject of the group's animosity.
[11] a person or thing under the control or influence of another.
[12] a person as an object of medical, surgical, or psychological treatment or experiment.
[13] a cadaver used for dissection.
[14] Logic . that term of a proposition concerning which the predicate is affirmed or denied.
[15] Philosophy . that which thinks, feels, perceives, intends, etc., as contrasted with the objects of thought, feeling, etc. the self or ego.
[16] Metaphysics . that in which qualities or attributes inhere; substance.
[17] being under domination, control, or influence (often followed by to ).
[18] being under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a sovereign, state, or some governing power; owing allegiance or obedience (often followed by to ).
[19] open or exposed (usually followed by to ): subject to ridicule.
[20] being dependent or conditional upon something (usually followed by to ): His consent is subject to your approval.
[21] being under the necessity of undergoing something (usually followed by to ): All beings are subject to death.
[22] liable; prone (usually followed by to ): subject to headaches.
[23] to bring under domination, control, or influence (usually followed by to ).
[24] to bring under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a conqueror or a governing power (usually followed by to ).
[25] to cause to undergo the action of something specified; expose (usually followed by to ): to subject metal to intense heat.
[26] to make liable or vulnerable; lay open; expose (usually followed by to ): to subject oneself to ridicule.
[27] Obsolete . to place beneath something; make subjacent.
[28] the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc (in combination ) subject-heading
[29] any branch of learning considered as a course of study
[30] grammar logic a word, phrase, or formal expression about which something is predicated or stated in a sentence; for example, the cat in the sentence The cat catches mice
[31] a person or thing that undergoes experiment, analysis, treatment, etc
[32] a person who lives under the rule of a monarch, government, etc
[33] an object, figure, scene, etc, as selected by an artist or photographer for representation
[34] philosophy that which thinks or feels as opposed to the object of thinking and feeling; the self or the mind a substance as opposed to its attributes
[35] Also called: theme music a melodic or thematic phrase used as the principal motif of a fugue, the basis from which the musical material is derived in a sonata-form movement, or the recurrent figure in a rondo
[36] logic the term of a categorial statement of which something is predicated the reference or denotation of the subject term of a statement. The subject of John is tall is not the name John, but John himself
[37] an originating motive
[38] change the subject to select a new topic of conversation
[39] being under the power or sovereignty of a ruler, government, etc subject peoples
[40] showing a tendency (towards) a child subject to indiscipline
[41] exposed or vulnerable subject to ribaldry
[42] conditional upon the results are subject to correction
[43] subject to (preposition) under the condition that we accept, subject to her agreement
[44] (foll by to) to cause to undergo the application (of) they subjected him to torture
[45] (often passive foll by to ) to expose or render vulnerable or liable (to some experience) he was subjected to great danger
[46] (foll by to) to bring under the control or authority (of) to subject a soldier to discipline
[47] rare to subdue or subjugate
[48] rare to present for consideration; submit
[49] obsolete to place below

Words related to Subject

exposed, susceptible, conditional, accountable, apt, sensitive, likely, inferior, liable, dependent, secondary, vulnerable, prone, case, material, business, affair, study, object, question

Words nearby Subject

subirrigate, subitize, subito, subj., subjacent, subject, subject catalog, subject catalogue, subject complement, subject matter, subject to, be

Origin of Subject

1275–1325; (adj.) < Latin subjectus placed beneath, inferior, open to inspection, orig. past participle of subicere to throw or place beneath, make subject, equivalent to sub- sub- + -jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English suget < Old French < Latin, as above; (noun) < Late Latin subjectum grammatical or dialectical subject, noun use of neuter of subjectus; replacing Middle English suget, as above; (v.) < Latin subjectāre, frequentative of subicere; replacing Middle English suget(t)en < Old French sugetter < Latin, as above

Other words from Subject

sub·ject·a·ble , adjective
sub·ject·a·bil·i·ty , noun
sub·ject·ed·ly , adverb
sub·ject·ed·ness , noun
sub·ject·less , adjective
sub·ject·like , adjective
non·sub·ject , noun, adjective
non·sub·ject·ed , adjective
pre·sub·ject , verb (used with object)
re·sub·ject , verb (used with object)
un·sub·ject , adjective
un·sub·ject·ed , adjective

Word origin for Subject

C14: from Latin subjectus brought under, from subicere to place under, from sub- + jacere to throw

Synonyms for Subject

accountable, apt, conditional, dependent, exposed, inferior, liable, likely, prone, secondary, sensitive, susceptible, vulnerable, captive, collateral, contingent, controlled, directed, disposed, enslaved, governed, open, ruled, satellite, sub, subaltern, subjugated, subordinate, tributary, at one's feet, bound by, in danger of, obedient, provisional, servile, slavish, submissive, subservient, substract, tentative, under