subject
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Definitions
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- : that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- : a branch of knowledge as a course of study: He studied four subjects in his first year at college.
- : a motive, cause, or ground: a subject for complaint.
- : the theme of a sermon, book, story, etc.
- : the principal melodic motif or phrase in a musical composition, especially in a fugue.
- : an object, scene, incident, etc., chosen by an artist for representation, or as represented in art.
- : a person who is under the dominion or rule of a sovereign.
- : a person who owes allegiance to a government and lives under its protection: four subjects of Sweden.
- : Grammar. 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.
- : a person or thing that undergoes or may undergo some action: As a dissenter, he found himself the subject of the group's animosity.
- : a person or thing under the control or influence of another.
- : a person as an object of medical, surgical, or psychological treatment or experiment.
- : a cadaver used for dissection.
- : Logic. that term of a proposition concerning which the predicate is affirmed or denied.
- : Philosophy. that which thinks, feels, perceives, intends, etc., as contrasted with the objects of thought, feeling, etc.the self or ego.
- : Metaphysics. that in which qualities or attributes inhere; substance.
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- : being under domination, control, or influence.
- : being under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a sovereign, state, or some governing power; owing allegiance or obedience.
- : open or exposed: subject to ridicule.
- : being dependent or conditional upon something: His consent is subject to your approval.
- : being under the necessity of undergoing something: All beings are subject to death.
- : liable; prone: subject to headaches.
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- : to bring under domination, control, or influence.
- : to bring under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a conqueror or a governing power.
- : to cause to undergo the action of something specified; expose: to subject metal to intense heat.
- : to make liable or vulnerable; lay open; expose: to subject oneself to ridicule.
- : Obsolete. to place beneath something; make subjacent.
Phrases
- subject to, be
- change the subject
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Still, all of the company’s customers and others using this pricing mechanism were subject to such volatility.
After I folded the Duo, sometimes I ended up with the camera facing toward me, not my subject, and the Duo remained in selfie mode.
How and when that collapse might occur is the subject of a five-year international collaborative research effort.
Kelvin Barrios could be the subject of yet another San Diego ethics violation.
This article was co-published with The Atlantic and is not subject to our Creative Commons license.
Throughout the fifties, in city after city, fluoridation became the subject of fierce debate.
This is a provocative subject that is ready-made for the classroom.
Imam Bheel, as locals call him, was added to a list of worldwide traffickers subject to U.S. sanctions in 2009.
He allows the subject to float over to Hitchcock with a calm directness that I admire.
No one knows what they're about but Boba Fett is rumored to be the subject of one.
No man should regard the subject of religion as decided for him until he has read The Golden Bough.
But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.
Her manner amazed him; it was so unlike the aspect of fair interpretation, with which she usually discussed a dubious subject.
Her "St. Agnes" is an interesting rendering of a well-worn subject.
No trait is better marked in the normal child than the impulse to subject others to his own disciplinary system.