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subjects
noun(sub-ject)
a branch of knowledge
Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field,
Examples:
Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
subjects
adjective(sub-ject)
possibly accepting or permitting
Synonyms: capable, open,
Examples:
The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation.
subjects
noun(sub-ject)
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
Synonyms: national,
Examples:
A monarch has a duty to his subjects.
subjects
adjective(sub-ject)
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Synonyms: dependent,
Examples:
Subject peoples.
subjects
verb(sub-ject)
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
Synonyms: subjugate,
subjects
noun(sub-ject)
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Synonyms: theme, topic,
Examples:
He didn't want to discuss that subject.
subjects
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.
subjects
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.
subjects
noun(sub-ject)
some situation or event that is thought about
Synonyms: issue, matter, topic,
Examples:
He had been thinking about the subject for several years.
subjects
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.
subjects
noun(sub-ject)
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
subjects
adjective(sub-ject)
likely to be affected by something
Examples:
The bond is subject to taxation.
He is subject to fits of depression.
subjects
noun(sub-ject)
(logic) the first term of a proposition
subjects
verb(sub-ject)
make accountable for
Examples:
He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors.

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