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subject

adjective (a)

  • Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the subject matter of a conversation or discussion(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He didn't want to discuss that subject.
    Synonym:
    theme, topic
    source: wordnet30
  • something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.
    Synonym:
    content, depicted object
    source: wordnet30
  • a branch of knowledge(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
    Synonym:
    bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field
    source: wordnet30
  • some situation or event that is thought about(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He had been thinking about the subject for several years.
    Synonym:
    issue, matter, topic
    source: wordnet30
  • (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation(noun.person)
    Example:
    The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly.
    Synonym:
    case, guinea pig
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who owes allegiance to that nation(noun.person)
    Example:
    A monarch has a duty to his subjects.
    Synonym:
    national
    source: wordnet30
  • (logic) the first term of a proposition(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • possibly accepting or permitting(adj.all)
    Example:
    The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation.
    Synonym:
    capable, open
    source: wordnet30
  • being under the power or sovereignty of another or others(adj.all)
    Example:
    Subject peoples.
    Synonym:
    dependent
    source: wordnet30
  • likely to be affected by something(adj.all)
    Example:
    The bond is subject to taxation.
    He is subject to fits of depression.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to(verb.perception)
    Example:
    He subjected me to his awful poetry.
    The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills.
    People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation.
    source: wordnet30
  • make accountable for(verb.competition)
    Example:
    He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors.
    source: wordnet30
  • make subservient; force to submit or subdue(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    subjugate
    source: wordnet30
  • refer for judgment or consideration(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    submit
    source: wordnet30
  • To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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