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subject
noun(sub-ject)a branch of knowledge
Examples:
Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
subject
adjective(sub-ject)possibly accepting or permitting
Examples:
The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation.
subject
noun(sub-ject)a person who owes allegiance to that nation
Synonyms: national,
Examples:
A monarch has a duty to his subjects.
subject
adjective(sub-ject)being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Synonyms: dependent,
Examples:
Subject peoples.
subject
noun(sub-ject)the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Examples:
He didn't want to discuss that subject.
subject
noun(sub-ject)something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
Synonyms: content, depicted object,
Examples:
A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.
subject
noun(sub-ject)a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
Synonyms: case, guinea pig,
Examples:
The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly.
subject
noun(sub-ject)some situation or event that is thought about
Examples:
He had been thinking about the subject for several years.
subject
verb(sub-ject)cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
Examples:
He subjected me to his awful poetry.
The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills.
People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation.
The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills.
People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation.
subject
noun(sub-ject)(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
subject
adjective(sub-ject)likely to be affected by something
Examples:
The bond is subject to taxation.
He is subject to fits of depression.
He is subject to fits of depression.
subject
noun(sub-ject)(logic) the first term of a proposition
subject
verb(sub-ject)make accountable for
Examples:
He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors.