the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; he didnt want to discuss that subject; it was a very sensitive topic; his letters were always on the theme of love
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
[ Syn: content , depicted object ]
a branch of knowledge; in what discipline is his doctorate?; teachers should be well trained in their subject; anthropology is the study of human beings
[ Syn: discipline , subject area , subject field , field , field of study , study , bailiwick ]
some situation or event that is thought about; he kept drifting off the topic; he had been thinking about the subject for several years; it is a matter for the police
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly; the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
[ Syn: case , guinea pig ]
a person who owes allegiance to that nation; a monarch has a duty to his subjects
[ Syn: national ]
(logic) the first term of a proposition
subject (n.)
possibly accepting or permitting; a passage capable of misinterpretation; open to interpretation; an issue open to question; the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; subject peoples; a dependent prince
[ Syn: dependent ]
likely to be affected by something; the bond is subject to taxation; he is subject to fits of depression'
subject (adj.)
cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; He subjected me to his awful poetry; The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills; People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation'
make accountable for; He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors'
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
[ Syn: subjugate ]
refer for judgment or consideration; The lawyers submitted the material to the court
[ Syn: submit ]