subject

adj. under the rule of; subordinate, under the control of; exposed to, liable to; conditional, dependant upon

v. subdue, conquer, master; expose; cause to experience, put through

n. topic; branch of studies, major; person or thing that is studied or examined; citizen; motive; doer of an action in a sentence, noun to which the verb phrase in a sentence refers (Grammar)

Subject may refer to:Subject (grammar), one of two main constituents of a sentenceSubject (philosophy), a being which has experiences or a relationship with another entity or "object"British subject, a term concerning British nationalityResearch subject, an organism that is observed for purposes of researchFederal subject, the basic subdivision of the Russian Federation. Each federal subject is a constituent region of the federation.
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Noun
1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
(synonym) topic, theme
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) bone of contention
2. 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"
(synonym) topic, issue, matter
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) blind spot
3. 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"
(synonym) discipline, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(hypernym) knowledge domain, knowledge base
(hyponym) occultism
4. 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"
(synonym) content, depicted object
(hypernym) thing
(part-holonym) scene, view
5. 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"
(synonym) case, guinea pig
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
6. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
(synonym) national
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) citizen
(member-holonym) nation, land, country, a people
(derivation) subjugate
7. (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
(hypernym) constituent, grammatical constituent
(classification) grammar
8. (logic) the first term of a proposition
(hypernym) term
(classification) logic
Verb
1. 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"
(hypernym) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
(hyponym) bacterize, bacterise
(cause) experience, undergo, see, go through
2. make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
(hypernym) submit
3. make subservient; force to submit or subdue
(synonym) subjugate
(hypernym) dominate, master
(hyponym) dragoon
(derivation) national
4. refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
(synonym) submit
(hypernym) refer
(hyponym) give
Adjective
1. not exempt from tax; "the gift will be subject to taxation"
(synonym) subject(p)
(similar) taxable, nonexempt
2. 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"
(synonym) capable, open
(similar) susceptible
3. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
(synonym) dependent
(similar) subordinate

n. subject

(a.)
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
  

(a.)
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
  

(a.)
Obedient; submissive.
  

(a.)
Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
  

(a.)
Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
  

(a.)
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
  

(a.)
That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
  

(a.)
That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.
  

(a.)
That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
  

(a.)
That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
  

(a.)
That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
  

(a.)
The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
  

(n.)
The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
  

(n.)
The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
  

(v. t.)
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
  

(v. t.)
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
  

(v. t.)
To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
  

(v. t.)
To make subservient.
  

(v. t.)
To submit; to make accountable.