Meaning of the word subject

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And while a passion for zombies may have united the trio, the restaurant isn’t tied to the series or to its undead subjects.


—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2023




The Special Presentations program—which screens fest-circuit hits, renowned subjects, and unique perspectives on urgent Canadian and international issues—announced its slate March 14 and March 21.


—Jennie Punter, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023




First, there’s the subject: the pope himself.


—James Vincent, The Verge, 27 Mar. 2023




More top news stories: Author Bill Zehme, whose subjects included Sinatra, Hugh Hefner, Leno and Andy Kaufman, is dead at 64 Chicago homicides in 2023: 105 people slain.


—Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023




They might have been taken only an hour ago, but their subjects are irrevocably stuck in the past.


—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023




On one often-difficult subject, immigration, Biden and Trudeau used the visit to announce an agreement aiming to stem the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings from the U.S. to Canada.


—Josh Boak And Rob Gillies, ajc, 25 Mar. 2023




Research published in the Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business confirms that intrinsic interest in your subject can prevent academic burnout.


—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023




Some focus on explorers who either conflict or harmonize with their subjects; others are dialogue-free meditations on life itself.


—Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023



Please consider supporting journalism that informs our democracy with a tax-deductible gift to this reporting effort at jsonline.com/RFA or by check made out to The GroundTruth Project with subject line Report for America Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Campaign.


—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023




Send them my way, subject line: ERGs Ellen McGirt @ellmcgirt Ellen.McGirt@fortune.com This edition of raceAhead was edited by Ruth Umoh.


—Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2023




Terry Sanderson, the 76-year-old retired optometrist suing Paltrow, wrote in the subject line of an email to his family after the crash.


—Sam Metz, ajc, 24 Mar. 2023




The subject line that caught the billionaire’s attention?


—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023




Write to me at askamy@amydickinson.com – write UPDATE in the subject line, and tell me your story.


—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023




Write to me at askamy@amydickinson.com – write UPDATE in the subject line, and tell me your story.


—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2023




Write to me at askamy@amydickinson.com – write UPDATE in the subject line, and tell me your story.


—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023




Write to me at askamy@amydickinson.com – write UPDATE in the subject line, and tell me your story.


—Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023



And, as an elite, Stakhanovites themselves had to be subjected to a limitation: how many top performers could really be accommodated before the very idea collapsed into normality?


—Bogdan Costea, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023




Life is too short to subject yourself to the ravings of every misguided relative, drunk friend, or semi-acquaintance.


—WIRED, 25 Mar. 2023




The spending included in the legislation means voters won’t have an opportunity to subject any of the bills signed into law to a referendum.


—Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023




In the early ’90s, genocidally minded Serbian president Slobodan Milošević tried to subject the happily mixed population of Sarajevo to ethnic cleansing by any means necessary.


—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023




Two camps in Crimea and Chechnya appear to subject children to military education, teaching them about firearms and military vehicles.


—Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023




The country has pushed to subject the entire U.S.-Canada border to the Safe Third Country Agreement, a treaty between the two nations that went into effect in 2004.


—Kimiko De Freytas-tamura José A. Alvarado Jr., New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023




But during a telephone hearing Monday, Hinkle said the state failed to show the need to subject the children to the two-hour evaluations.


—Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023




But during a telephone hearing Monday, Hinkle said the state failed to show the need to subject the children to the two-hour evaluations.


—Dara Kam, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2023


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subject

The subject in a sentence or clause is the person or thing doing, performing, or controlling the action of the verb. Only that which has the grammatical function of a noun can be the subject of a clause. This is because it is someone or something that is capable of performing or “controlling” the action of the verb.

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sub·ject

(sŭb′jĕkt′, -jĭkt)

adj.

1. Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others: subject to the law.

2. Prone; disposed: a child who is subject to colds.

3. Likely to incur or receive; exposed: a directive subject to misinterpretation.

4. Contingent or dependent: a vacation subject to changing weather.

n.

1. One who is under the rule of another or others, especially one who owes allegiance to a government or ruler.

2.

a. One concerning which something is said or done; a person or thing being discussed or dealt with: a subject of gossip.

b. Something that is treated or indicated in a work of art.

c. Music A theme of a composition, especially a fugue.

3. A course or area of study: Math is her best subject.

4. A basis for action; a cause.

5.

a. One that experiences or is subjected to something: the subject of ridicule.

b. A person or animal that is the object of medical or scientific study: The experiment involved 12 subjects.

c. A corpse intended for anatomical study and dissection.

d. One who is under surveillance: The subject was observed leaving the scene of the murder.

6. Grammar The noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in a sentence or clause that denotes the doer of the action or what is described by the predicate.

7. Logic The term of a proposition about which something is affirmed or denied.

8. Philosophy

a. The mind or thinking part as distinguished from the object of thought.

b. A being that undergoes personal conscious or unconscious experience of itself and of the world.

c. The essential nature or substance of something as distinguished from its attributes.

tr.v. (səb-jĕkt′) sub·ject·ed, sub·ject·ing, sub·jects

1. To cause to experience, undergo, or be acted upon: suspects subjected to interrogation; rocks subjected to intense pressure.

2. To subjugate; subdue.

3. To submit to the authority of: peoples that subjected themselves to the emperor.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin

subiectus

, from past participle of

sūbicere

, to subject :

sub-

, sub- +

iacere

, to throw; see

yē-

in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

sub·jec′tion (səb-jĕk′shən) n.

Synonyms: subject, matter, topic, theme
These nouns denote the principal idea or point of a speech, a piece of writing, or an artistic work. Subject is the most general: «Well, honor is the subject of my story» (Shakespeare).
Matter refers to the material that is the object of thought or discourse: «This distinction seems to me to go to the root of the matter» (William James).
A topic is a subject of discussion, argument, or conversation: «They would talk of … fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare» (Oliver Goldsmith).
Theme refers especially to an idea, a point of view, or a perception that is developed and expanded on in a work of art: «To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme» (Herman Melville). See Also Synonyms at dependent.

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subject

n

1.

a. the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc

b. (in combination): subject-heading.

2. (Education) any branch of learning considered as a course of study

3. (Grammar) grammar logic a word, phrase, or formal expression about which something is predicated or stated in a sentence; for example, the cat in the sentence The cat catches mice

4. a person or thing that undergoes experiment, analysis, treatment, etc

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who lives under the rule of a monarch, government, etc

6. (Art Terms) an object, figure, scene, etc, as selected by an artist or photographer for representation

7. (Philosophy) philosophy

a. that which thinks or feels as opposed to the object of thinking and feeling; the self or the mind

b. a substance as opposed to its attributes

8. (Classical Music) music Also called: theme a melodic or thematic phrase used as the principal motif of a fugue, the basis from which the musical material is derived in a sonata-form movement, or the recurrent figure in a rondo

9. (Logic) logic

a. the term of a categorial statement of which something is predicated

b. the reference or denotation of the subject term of a statement. The subject of John is tall is not the name John, but John himself

10. an originating motive

11. change the subject to select a new topic of conversation

adj

12. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) being under the power or sovereignty of a ruler, government, etc: subject peoples.

13. showing a tendency (towards): a child subject to indiscipline.

14. exposed or vulnerable: subject to ribaldry.

15. conditional upon: the results are subject to correction.

adv

subject to (preposition) under the condition that: we accept, subject to her agreement.

vb (tr)

16. (foll by to) to cause to undergo the application (of): they subjected him to torture.

17. (foll by: to) to expose or render vulnerable or liable (to some experience): he was subjected to great danger.

18. (foll by to) to bring under the control or authority (of): to subject a soldier to discipline.

19. rare to subdue or subjugate

20. rare to present for consideration; submit

21. obsolete to place below

Abbreviation: subj

[C14: from Latin subjectus brought under, from subicere to place under, from sub- + jacere to throw]

subˈjectable adj

subˌjectaˈbility n

ˈsubjectless adj

ˈsubject-ˌlike adj

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sub•ject

(n., adj. ˈsʌb dʒɪkt; v. səbˈdʒɛkt)

n.

1. that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.

2. a branch of knowledge as a course of study.

3. a motive, cause, or ground: a subject for complaint.

4. something or someone treated or represented in a literary composition, work of art, etc.

5. the principal melodic motif or phrase in a musical composition, esp. in a fugue.

6. a person who owes allegiance to, or is under the domination of, a sovereign or state.

7. a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a sentence, the other being the predicate, and that consists of a noun, noun phrase, or noun substitute typically referring to the one performing the action or being in the state expressed by the predicate, as I in I gave notice.

8. Logic. that term of a proposition concerning which the predicate is affirmed or denied.

9. a person or thing that undergoes some kind of treatment at the hands of others.

10. a person, animal, or corpse as an object of medical or scientific treatment or experiment.

11. Philos.

a. that which thinks, feels, perceives, intends, etc., as contrasted with the objects of thought, feeling, etc.

b. the self or ego.

12. Metaphysics. that in which qualities or attributes inhere; substance.

adj.

13. being under the domination, control, or influence of something (often fol. by to).

14. being under the dominion, rule, or authority of a sovereign, state, etc. (often fol. by to).

15. open or exposed (usu. fol. by to): subject to ridicule.

16. dependent upon something (usu. fol. by to): His consent is subject to your approval.

17. being under the necessity of undergoing something (usu. fol. by to): All beings are subject to death.

18. liable; prone (usu. fol. by to): subject to headaches.

v.t.

19. to bring under domination, control, or influence (usu. fol. by to).

20. to cause to undergo the action of something specified; expose (usu. fol. by to): to subject metal to intense heat.

21. to make liable or vulnerable; expose (usu. fol. by to): to subject oneself to ridicule.

22. Obs. to place beneath something; make subjacent.

[1300–50; (adj.) < Latin subjectus, past participle of subicere to throw or place beneath, make subject =sub- sub- + -icere, comb. form of jacere to throw]

sub•jec′tion, n.

syn: subject, topic, theme refer to the central idea or matter considered in speech or writing. subject refers to the broad or general matter treated in a discussion, literary work, etc.: The subject of the novel was a poor Southern family. topic often applies to one specific part of a general subject; it may also apply to a limited and well-defined subject: We covered many topics at the meeting. The topic of the news story was an escaped prisoner. theme usu. refers to the underlying idea of a discourse or composition, perhaps not clearly stated but easily recognizable: The theme of social reform runs throughout her work.

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subject

The subject of something such as a book or talk is the thing that is discussed in it.

He knew what the subject of the meeting was.

What was the subject of the opera you planned to write?

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subject

Past participle: subjected
Gerund: subjecting

Imperative
subject
subject
Present
I subject
you subject
he/she/it subjects
we subject
you subject
they subject
Preterite
I subjected
you subjected
he/she/it subjected
we subjected
you subjected
they subjected
Present Continuous
I am subjecting
you are subjecting
he/she/it is subjecting
we are subjecting
you are subjecting
they are subjecting
Present Perfect
I have subjected
you have subjected
he/she/it has subjected
we have subjected
you have subjected
they have subjected
Past Continuous
I was subjecting
you were subjecting
he/she/it was subjecting
we were subjecting
you were subjecting
they were subjecting
Past Perfect
I had subjected
you had subjected
he/she/it had subjected
we had subjected
you had subjected
they had subjected
Future
I will subject
you will subject
he/she/it will subject
we will subject
you will subject
they will subject
Future Perfect
I will have subjected
you will have subjected
he/she/it will have subjected
we will have subjected
you will have subjected
they will have subjected
Future Continuous
I will be subjecting
you will be subjecting
he/she/it will be subjecting
we will be subjecting
you will be subjecting
they will be subjecting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subjecting
you have been subjecting
he/she/it has been subjecting
we have been subjecting
you have been subjecting
they have been subjecting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subjecting
you will have been subjecting
he/she/it will have been subjecting
we will have been subjecting
you will have been subjecting
they will have been subjecting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subjecting
you had been subjecting
he/she/it had been subjecting
we had been subjecting
you had been subjecting
they had been subjecting
Conditional
I would subject
you would subject
he/she/it would subject
we would subject
you would subject
they would subject
Past Conditional
I would have subjected
you would have subjected
he/she/it would have subjected
we would have subjected
you would have subjected
they would have subjected

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

subject

The part of a sentence that denotes the person or thing performing the action, usually a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. subject - the subject matter of a conversation or discussionsubject — 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»

theme, topic

subject matter, content, message, substance — what a communication that is about something is about

bone of contention — the subject of a dispute; «the real bone of contention, as you know, is money»

precedent — a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

question, head — the subject matter at issue; «the question of disease merits serious discussion»; «under the head of minor Roman poets»

keynote — the principal theme in a speech or literary work
2. subject — 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»

depicted object, content

thing — a separate and self-contained entity

scene, view — graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; «he painted scenes from everyday life»; «figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment»
3. subject — 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»

discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, field, study

occultism — the study of the supernatural

communication theory, communications — the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); «communications is his major field of study»

major — the principal field of study of a student at a university; «her major is linguistics»

frontier — an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; «he worked at the frontier of brain science»

genealogy — the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

allometry — the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

bibliotics — the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity

ology — an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain — the content of a particular field of knowledge

science, scientific discipline — a particular branch of scientific knowledge; «the science of genetics»

architecture — the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; «architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use»

applied science, engineering science, technology, engineering — the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; «he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study»

futuristics, futurology — the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts — studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills); «the college of arts and sciences»

theology, divinity — the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

military science — the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare

escapology — the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)

graphology — the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer’s character or disposition)

numerology — the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs

protology — the study of origins and first things; «To Christians, protology refers to God’s fundamental purpose for humanity»

theogony — the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
4. subject - some situation or event that is thought aboutsubject — 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»

matter, topic, issue

cognitive content, mental object, content — the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

area — a subject of study; «it was his area of specialization»; «areas of interest include…»

blind spot — a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; «golf is one of his blind spots and he’s proud of it»

remit — the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; «they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life»

res adjudicata, res judicata — a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
5. subject — (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

grammar — the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

grammatical constituent, constituent — (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
6. subject — 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»

guinea pig, case

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul — a human being; «there was too much for one person to do»
7. subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nationsubject — a person who owes allegiance to that nation; «a monarch has a duty to his subjects»

national

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul — a human being; «there was too much for one person to do»

nation, country, land — the people who live in a nation or country; «a statement that sums up the nation’s mood»; «the news was announced to the nation»; «the whole country worshipped him»

citizen — a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

compatriot — a person from your own country

nationalist, patriot — one who loves and defends his or her country
8. subject — (logic) the first term of a proposition

logic — the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

term — one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; «the major term of a syllogism must occur twice»
Verb 1. subject — 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»

affect, bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, touch — have an effect upon; «Will the new rules affect me?»

bacterise, bacterize — subject to the action of bacteria

vitriol — expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol

put — cause (someone) to undergo something; «He put her to the torture»

shipwreck — cause to experience shipwreck; «They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea»

refract — subject to refraction; «refract a light beam»

expose — expose or make accessible to some action or influence; «Expose your students to art»; «expose the blanket to sunshine»

expose — expose to light, of photographic film

incur — make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; «People who smoke incur a great danger to their health»
2. subject — make accountable for; «He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors»

submit — yield to the control of another
3. subject — make subservient; force to submit or subdue

subjugate

dragoon — subjugate by imposing troops

enslave — make a slave of; bring into servitude

dominate, master — have dominance or the power to defeat over; «Her pain completely mastered her»; «The methods can master the problems»
4. subject — refer for judgment or consideration; «The lawyers submitted the material to the court»

submit

give — submit for consideration, judgment, or use; «give one’s opinion»; «give an excuse»

return — submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; «submit a bill to a legislative body»

refer — send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; «refer a patient to a specialist»; «refer a bill to a committee»

relegate, submit, pass on — refer to another person for decision or judgment; «She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues»
Adj. 1. subject — 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»

capable, open

susceptible — (often followed by `of’ or `to’) yielding readily to or capable of; «susceptible to colds»; «susceptible of proof»
2. subject — being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; «subject peoples»; «a dependent prince»

dependent

subordinate — subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; «a subordinate kingdom»
3. subject — likely to be affected by something; «the bond is subject to taxation»; «he is subject to fits of depression»

affected — acted upon; influenced

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subject

noun

1. topic, question, issue, matter, point, business, affair, object, theme, substance, subject matter, field of inquiry or reference It was I who first raised the subject of plastic surgery.

verb

3. bound by, under the control of, accountable to, constrained by It could not be subject to another country’s laws.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

subject

adjective

1. In a position of subordination:

3. Determined or to be determined by someone or something else:

noun

1. A person owing loyalty to and entitled to the protection of a given state:

2. What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about:

3. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest:

area, arena, bailiwick, circle, department, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, terrain, territory, world.

verb

1. To lay open, as to something undesirable or injurious:

2. To make subservient or subordinate:

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Translations

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subject

A. [ˈsʌbdʒɪkt] N

5. (Sci) guinea pigs make excellent subjects → los conejillos son materia excelente (para los experimentos etc)

6. (esp Brit) (Pol) → súbdito/a m/f
British subject → súbdito/a m/f británico/a
liberty of the subject → libertad f del ciudadano

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

subject

[ˈsʌbdʒɪkt]

n

(= topic) [discussion, book, letter, essay] → sujet m
The subject of my project was the internet → Le sujet de mon projet était l’Internet.
to change the subject → changer de sujet

(SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY) (academic) → matière f
What’s your favourite subject? → Quelle est ta matière préférée?

[photograph, painting, drawing] → sujet m

[criticism, inquiry, investigation] → sujet m

[experiment, research] → sujet m

(GRAMMAR) [verb, sentence] → sujet m

(= citizen) → sujet m

adj

to be subject to (= obliged to obey) [+ law, rules] → être soumis(e) à

to be subject to (= prone to) [+ disease, drought, floods] → être sujet(te) à

to be subject to (= liable to) [+ delay, alteration, taxes] → être sujet(e) à

(= dependent) [peoples, territories] → assujetti(e)

[səbˈdʒɛkt] vt
to subject sb to sth [+ humiliation, abuse] → soumettre qn à qch; [+ ridicule, criticism] → exposer qn à qch
to subject sth to sth [+ city, area] (attacks, bombing) → soumettre qch à qchsubject heading n → rubrique f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

subject

[n, adj ˈsʌbdʒɪkt; vb səbˈdʒɛkt]

1. n

c. (Pol) (of country) → cittadino/a; (of sovereign) → suddito/a

2. adj

b. (people, nation) → assoggettato/a, sottomesso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

subject

(ˈsabdʒikt) adjective

(of countries etc) not independent, but dominated by another power. subject nations.

noun

1. a person who is under the rule of a monarch or a member of a country that has a monarchy etc. We are loyal subjects of the Queen; He is a British subject.

2. someone or something that is talked about, written about etc. We discussed the price of food and similar subjects; What was the subject of the debate?; The teacher tried to think of a good subject for their essay; I’ve said all I can on that subject.

3. a branch of study or learning in school, university etc. He is taking exams in seven subjects; Mathematics is his best subject.

4. a thing, person or circumstance suitable for, or requiring, a particular kind of treatment, reaction etc. I don’t think her behaviour is a subject for laughter.

5. in English, the word(s) representing the person or thing that usually does the action shown by the verb, and with which the verb agrees. The cat sat on the mat; He hit her because she broke his toy; He was hit by the ball.

(səbˈdʒekt) verb

1. to bring (a person, country etc) under control. They have subjected all the neighbouring states (to their rule).

2. to cause to suffer, or submit (to something). He was subjected to cruel treatment; These tyres are subjected to various tests before leaving the factory.

subjection (səbˈdʒekʃən) nounsubjective (səbˈdʒektiv) adjective

(of a person’s attitude etc) arising from, or influenced by, his own thoughts and feelings only; not objective or impartial. You must try not to be too subjective if you are on a jury in a court of law.

subˈjectively adverbsubject matter

the subject discussed in an essay, book etc.

change the subject

to start talking about something different. I mentioned the money to her, but she changed the subject.

subject to

1. liable or likely to suffer from or be affected by. He is subject to colds; The programme is subject to alteration.

2. depending on. These plans will be put into practice next week, subject to your approval.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

subject

→ مَوْضُوع téma emne Gegenstand θέμα asignatura, asunto aihe sujet tema materia 主題 주제 onderwerp tema temat assunto предмет ämne หัวข้อ konu chủ đề 主题

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

sub·ject

n. sujeto.

1. término usado en referencia al paciente;

2. tópico;

3. gr. sujeto del verbo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

Источник

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: sŭbʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/
  • (also) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɪkt/
  • Hyphenation: sub‧ject

Adjective[edit]

subject (comparative more subject, superlative most subject)

  1. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.

    a country subject to extreme heat

    Menu listings and prices are subject to change.

    He’s subject to sneezing fits.

    • c. 1678 (written), 1682 (published), John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
      All human things are subject to decay.

    • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:

      The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.

  2. Conditional upon something; used with to.

    The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.

  3. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
  4. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
    • , Book I
      Esau was never subject to Jacob.
Translations[edit]

likely to be affected by something

  • Armenian: ենթակա (hy) (entʿaka)
  • Asturian: suxetu (ast)
  • Bulgarian: подлежа́щ (bg) (podležášt), подло́жен (podlóžen)
  • Catalan: subjecte (ca)
  • Finnish: altis (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) (à)
  • Galician: suxeito (gl)
  • Greek: υποκείμενος (el) (ypokeímenos)
  • Hungarian: ki van téve, kitett
  • Italian: soggetto (it) m
  • Portuguese: sujeito (pt)
  • Russian: подве́рженный (ru) (podvéržennyj), подлежа́щий (ru) (podležáščij)
  • Slovene: nagnjen, podvržen
  • Spanish: sujeto (es)
  • Turkish: maruz (tr)

conditional upon

  • Bulgarian: зави́сим (bg) (zavísim)
  • Finnish: riippuvainen (fi)
  • Hungarian: függvénye, függő (hu), (on fees/registration/approval) -köteles (hu)
  • Russian: зави́симый (ru) (zavísimyj)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: sŭbʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɪkt/
  • Hyphenation: sub‧ject

Noun[edit]

subject (plural subjects)

  2. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

    In the sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject, ‘the mouse’ being the object.

  3. An actor; one who takes action.

    The subjects and objects of power.

  4. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

    • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, John Dryden, transl., De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

      Make choice of a subject beautifull and noble, which […] shall […] afford […] an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate itself.

    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

      I am th’ unhappy subject of these quarrels. All these quarrels are about me.

    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, in The Hocussing of Cigarette‎[1]:

      Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.

    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

      The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

  5. A particular area of study.

    Her favorite subject is physics.

    • 2014 June 14, “It’s a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

      One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. […] But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

  6. A citizen in a monarchy.

    I am a British subject.

  7. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

    • 2020, Alan Mikhail, God’s Shadow, →ISBN, page 93:

      […] the Grand Khan seemed to grasp the «truth» of the religion and might become a convert, thereby gaining for Christianity the souls of all his subjects.

  8. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
    • 1878, William Smith Rockstro, «Subject» in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
      The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.
  9. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
    • 1748, Conyers Middleton, Life of Cicero
      Writers of particular lives […] are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.

    • 2010, Ursula James, Clinical Hypnosis Textbook: A Guide for Practical Intervention, page 73:

      It is also essential for those who come to the subject ‘fresh’ to gain the insight that will bridge their knowledge from being a subject of hypnosis to a potential practitioner.

    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.

  10. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
  11. (logic) That of which something is stated.
  12. (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

    Making x the subject of x2 − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).

Synonyms[edit]
  • (discussion): matter, topic
Derived terms[edit]
  • between-subjects
  • subject matter
  • subject title
  • subjective
  • within-subjects
Translations[edit]

in grammar

  • Albanian: subjekt (sq) m
  • Arabic: فَاعِل‎ m (fāʕil), مُبْتَدَأ‎ m (mubtadaʔ)
  • Armenian: ենթակա (hy) (entʿaka)
  • Asturian: suxetu (ast) m
  • Azerbaijani: mübtəda, subyekt (az)
  • Bashkir: эйә (eyä)
  • Belarusian: дзе́йнік m (dzjéjnik), суб’е́кт m (subʺjékt)
  • Bulgarian: по́длог (bg) m (pódlog)
  • Burmese: ကတ္တား (my) (katta:)
  • Buryat: нэрлүүлэгшэ (nerlüülegše)
  • Catalan: subjecte (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 主語／主语 (zh) (zhǔyǔ)
  • Czech: podmět (cs) m
  • Danish: grundled n, subjekt n
  • Dutch: onderwerp (nl) n
  • Esperanto: subjekto (eo)
  • Estonian: alus (et)
  • Finnish: subjekti (fi), alus (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • Galician: suxeito (gl) m
  • Georgian: სუბიექტი (subiekṭi)
  • German: Satzgegenstand (de) m, Subjekt (de) n
  • Greek: υποκείμενο (el) n (ypokeímeno)
  • Greenlandic: susoq
  • Hebrew: נוֹשֵׂא‎ (he) m (nosé)
  • Hindi: कर्ता (hi) m (kartā)
  • Hungarian: alany (hu)
  • Icelandic: frumlag n
  • Indonesian: subyek (id), subjek (id)
  • Irish: ainmní (ga) m
  • Italian: soggetto (it) m
  • Japanese: 主語 (ja) (しゅご, shugo)
  • Kalmyk: нерлгч (nerlgch)
  • Kashmiri : کرٛاوُل‎ (krāvul)
  • Kazakh: бастауыш (kk) (bastauyş)
  • Khmer: ប្រធាន (km) (prɑthiən)
  • Korean: 주어(主語) (ko) (jueo)
  • Kyrgyz: ээ (ky) (ee)
  • Lao: ປະທານ (pa thān)
  • Latvian: priekšmets m, subjekts (lv) m
  • Lithuanian: veiksnys (lt) m, subjektas (lt) m
  • Macedonian: подмет m (podmet)
  • Malay: subjek
  • Maori: tāhuhu, tāhū, tumu
  • Mongolian:
    Cyrillic: өгүүлэгдэхүүн (mn) (ögüülegdexüün)
    Mongolian: ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦᠨ (ögüleɣdekün)
  • Norman: sujet m
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: subjekt n
  • Pali: kattar m
  • Persian: نهاد‎ (fa) (nahâd), فاعل‎ (fa) (fâ’el), مبتدا‎ (fa) (mobtadâ)
  • Polish: podmiot (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: sujeito (pt) m
  • Romanian: subiect (ro) n
  • Russian: подлежа́щее (ru) n (podležáščeje), субъе́кт (ru) m (subʺjékt)
  • Sanskrit: कर्तृ (sa) m (kartṛ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cùisear m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) су̀бјекат m, (Croatian) су̀бјект m, по́дмет m
    Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) sùbjekat m, (Croatian) sùbjekt m, pódmet (sh) m
  • Slovak: podmet m
  • Slovene: osebek (sl) m
  • Southern Altai: баштаачы (baštaačï)
  • Spanish: sujeto (es) m
  • Sundanese: jejer
  • Swedish: subjekt (sv) n
  • Tagalog: simuno (tl)
  • Tajik: мубтадо (mubtado), фоил (foyil)
  • Telugu: కర్త (te) (karta)
  • Thai: ประธาน (th) (bprà-taan)
  • Turkish: özne (tr), fail (tr)
  • Ukrainian: пі́дмет (uk) m (pídmet), суб’є́кт m (subʺjékt)
  • Urdu : فاعل‎ (fāil)
  • Uzbek: ega (uz)
  • Vietnamese: chủ ngữ (vi)
  • Volapük: subyet (vo)
  • Welsh: goddrych m
  • Yoruba: olùwà
  • Zulu: inhloko class 9/10, umenzi class 3/4

actor

  • Belarusian: суб’е́кт m (subʺjékt)
  • Bulgarian: субе́кт (bg) m (subékt)
  • Finnish: subjekti (fi), tekijä (fi), toimija (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • Hungarian: alany (hu)
  • Russian: субъе́кт (ru) m (subʺjékt)
  • Ukrainian: суб’є́кт m (subʺjékt)

main topic

  • Arabic: مَوْضُوع‎ (ar) m (mawḍūʕ)
  • Armenian: առարկա (hy) (aṙarka)
  • Assamese: বিষয় (bixoy)
  • Asturian: materia f
  • Azerbaijani: mövzu (az), mətləb
  • Belarusian: прадме́т (be) m (pradmjét), тэ́ма f (téma)
  • Bengali: বিষয় (bn) (biśoẏ)
  • Bulgarian: предме́т (bg) m (predmét), те́ма (bg) f (téma)
  • Catalan: matèria (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 主題／主题 (zh) (zhǔtí)
  • Czech: předmět (cs) m, téma (cs) n
  • Danish: emne n, tema n
  • Dutch: onderwerp (nl)
  • Esperanto: temo (eo)
  • Estonian: aine (et), teema (et)
  • Finnish: aihe (fi), pääaihe
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • Galician: materia (gl) f
  • German: Thema (de) n, Gegenstand (de) m, Sache (de) f, Sujet (de) n, Betreff (de) m (email)
  • Greek: θέμα (el) n (théma), προκείμενο (el) n (prokeímeno)
  • Hebrew: נוֹשֵׂא‎ (he) m (nosé)
  • Hindi: विषय (hi) m (viṣay)
  • Hungarian: tárgy (hu), téma (hu)
  • Icelandic: efni (is) n, umræðuefni n, umtalsefni n, viðfangsefni n, yrkisefni n
  • Interlingua: thema
  • Italian: soggetto (it) m, tematica (it), argomento (it)
  • Japanese: 主題 (ja) (しゅだい, shudai)
  • Korean: 주제(主題) (ko) (juje)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: بابەت‎ (ckb) (babet), بارە‎ (ckb) (bare)
  • Macedonian: предмет m (predmet), тема f (tema)
  • Maori: tāhuhu, tāhū
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: emne n, tema (no) n
  • Persian: موضوع‎ (mowzu’), سوژه‎ (fa) (suže)
  • Polish: temat (pl) m inan, przedmiot (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: matéria (pt) f
  • Romanian: temă (ro) f, subiect (ro) n
  • Romansch: tema m
  • Russian: предме́т (ru) m (predmét), те́ма (ru) f (téma)
  • Sanskrit: विषय (sa) (viṣaya)
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuspair m
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: пре́дмет m
    Roman: prédmet (sh) m
  • Slovak: predmet (sk) m, téma n
  • Slovene: tema (sl) f, predmet (sl) m
  • Spanish: materia (es) f, tema (es) m, asunto (es) m (email)
  • Swedish: ämne (sv), föremål (sv)
  • Tagalog: kapaksaan
  • Tajik: мавзӯъ (mavzüʾ)
  • Telugu: విషయము (te) (viṣayamu)
  • Thai: เรื่อง (th) (rʉ̂ʉang)
  • Turkish: konu (tr)
  • Ukrainian: предме́т (uk) m (predmét), те́ма (uk) f (téma)
  • Vietnamese: chủ đề (vi)
  • Volapük: yegäd
  • Welsh: pwnc (cy), pynciau (cy) m pl
  • Yoruba: kókó
  • Zulu: isihloko class 7/8

particular area of study

  • Arabic: دَوْرَة‎ (ar) (dawra), مَادَّة‎ (ar) f (mādda)
  • Armenian: առարկա (hy) (aṙarka)
  • Azerbaijani: fənn (az)
  • Bashkir: фән (fän)
  • Belarusian: прадме́т (be) m (pradmjét)
  • Bulgarian: предме́т (bg) m (predmét)
  • Catalan: assignatura (ca) f, matèria (ca) f
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 科目 (zh) (kēmù), 學科／学科 (zh) (xuékē)
  • Czech: předmět (cs) m
  • Danish: fag n, emne n, felt n
  • Dutch: vak (nl) n, vakgebied (nl) n
  • Esperanto: studobjekto, lernobjekto
  • Estonian: aine (et)
  • Finnish: aine (fi), oppiaine (fi)
  • French: matière (fr) f, discipline (fr) f
  • Georgian: საგანი (sagani)
  • German: Fach (de) n, Schulfach (de) n, Unterrichtsfach (de) n, Studienfach (de) n, Lehrfach (de) n, Disziplin (de) f
  • Greek: αντικείμενο (el) n (antikeímeno)
  • Hindi: विषय (hi) m (viṣay)
  • Hungarian: tárgy (hu), tantárgy (hu)
  • Icelandic: fag (is) n, námsgrein f, grein (is) f
  • Indonesian: mata pelajaran (id) (below higher education), mata kuliah (id) (higher education)
  • Italian: materia (it) f, disciplina (it) f, corso (it) m
  • Japanese: 学科 (ja) (がっか, gakka), 科目 (ja) (かもく, kamoku)
  • Korean: 학과(學科) (ko) (hakgwa), 과목(科目) (ko) (gwamok)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: بابەت‎ (ckb) (babet)
  • Macedonian: предмет m (predmet)
  • Maori: marau
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: fag (no) n
    Nynorsk: fag n
  • Persian: رشته‎ (fa) (rešte)
  • Polish: przedmiot (pl) m inan
  • Portuguese: disciplina (pt) f, matéria (pt) f
  • Romanian: materie (ro) f, disciplină (ro)
  • Russian: предме́т (ru) m (predmét), дисципли́на (ru) f (disciplína)
  • Sanskrit: काण्ड (sa) m (kāṇḍa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: пре́дмет m
    Roman: prédmet (sh) m
  • Slovak: predmet (sk) m
  • Slovene: predmet (sl) m
  • Spanish: asignatura (es) f, materia (es) f, curso (es) m, ramo (es) m
  • Swedish: ämne (sv)
  • Tagalog: asignatura
  • Tajik: фан (tg) (fan), дарс (tg) (dars), ришта (tg) (rišta)
  • Telugu: పాఠ్యాంశము (pāṭhyāṁśamu)
  • Thai: วิชา (th) (wí-chaa)
  • Turkish: konu (tr), alan (tr), dal (tr), ders (tr)
  • Ukrainian: предме́т (uk) m (predmét), дисципліна f (dyscyplina)
  • Vietnamese: môn học (vi)
  • Yiddish: לימוד‎ m (limed)
  • Yoruba: ẹ̀ka ẹ̀kọ́, ẹ̀kọ́
  • Zulu: isifundo class 7/8

citizen in a monarchy

  • Arabic: رَعِيَّة‎ (raʕiyya)
  • Armenian: ենթակա (hy) (entʿaka)
  • Azerbaijani: təbəə
  • Belarusian: падда́ны m (paddány), падда́ная f (paddánaja)
  • Bulgarian: по́даник (bg) m (pódanik), по́даница f (pódanica), по́даничка f (pódanička)
  • Catalan: súbdit m
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 臣民 (san4 man4)
    Mandarin: 臣民 (zh) (chénmín)
  • Czech: poddaný (cs) m, poddaná f
  • Danish: undersåt c
  • Dutch: onderdaan (nl) m, onderdane f
  • Esperanto: subulo
  • Estonian: alam
  • Finnish: alamainen (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • Galician: súbdito m
  • German: Untertan (de) m, Untertanin (de) f
  • Greek: υπήκοος (el) m or f (ypíkoos), υπεξούσιος (el) m (ypexoúsios)
  • Hebrew: נָתִין‎ (he) m (natin)
  • Hungarian: állampolgár (hu)
  • Icelandic: þegn (is) m
  • Italian: suddito (it) m
  • Japanese: 臣民 (ja) (しんみん, shinmin)
  • Khmer: ប្រជានុរាស្ត្រ (prɑɑciənuriəhtrɑɑ)
  • Korean: 신하(臣下) (ko) (sinha), 백성(百姓) (ko) (baekseong), 신민(臣民) (ko) (sinmin)
  • Latin: subiectus m
  • Macedonian: поданик m (podanik), поданица f (podanica)
  • Maori: pononga
  • Nepali: प्रजा (ne) (prajā)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: undersått m
    Nynorsk: undersått m
  • Old English: hīeremann m
  • Polish: poddany (pl) m pers, poddana f
  • Portuguese: súdito (pt) m (Brazil), súbdito (pt) m (Portugal)
  • Russian: по́дданный (ru) m (póddannyj), по́дданная (ru) f (póddannaja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: по̀данӣк m, по̀даница f
    Roman: pòdanīk (sh) m, pòdanica (sh) f
  • Slovak: poddaný m, poddaná f
  • Slovene: podanik m, podanica f
  • Spanish: súbdito (es) m
  • Swahili: raia (sw)
  • Swedish: undersåte (sv) c
  • Tibetan: མངའ་ཞབས (mnga’ zhabs), མངའ་འབངས (mnga’ ‘bangs)
  • Turkish: tebaa (tr)
  • Ukrainian: підда́ний m (piddányj), підда́на f (piddána), підда́нець m (piddánecʹ)
  • Urdu: رعایا‎
  • Volapük: (♂♀) reigäb (vo), (♂) hireigäb, (♀) jireigäb
  • Welsh: deiliad m
  • Yoruba: ọmọ abẹ́

person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority

  • Armenian: ենթակա (hy) (entʿaka)
  • Catalan: súbdit m
  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 臣民 (san4 man4)
    Mandarin: 臣民 (zh) (chénmín)
  • Danish: undersåt c
  • Esperanto: subulo
  • Finnish: alamainen (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • German: Untertan (de) m, Untertanin (de) f
  • Greek: υποτελής (el) m or f (ypotelís)
  • Hungarian: alattvaló (hu)
  • Italian: assoggettato (it), sottomesso (it)
  • Japanese: 臣民 (ja) (しんみ​ん, shinmin)
  • Khmer: ប្រធានវិស័យ (prɑɑthiənvisay)
  • Korean: 신민(臣民) (ko) (sinmin)
  • Latin: subiectus m
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: undersått m
    Nynorsk: undersått m
  • Old English: hīeremann m
  • Polish: poddany (pl) m pers
  • Portuguese: súdito (pt) m (Brazil), súbdito (pt) m (Portugal)
  • Russian: по́дданный (ru) m (póddannyj), по́дданная (ru) f (póddannaja)
  • Slovene: podanik m
  • Spanish: súbdito (es) m
  • Thai: คนในบังคับ
  • Tibetan: མངའ་ཞབས (mnga’ zhabs), མངའ་འབངས (mnga’ ‘bangs)
  • Volapük: (♂♀) reigäb (vo), (♂) hireigäb, (♀) jireigäb

music: main theme

  • Belarusian: тэ́ма f (téma)
  • Bulgarian: те́ма (bg) f (téma)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 主題／主题 (zh) (zhǔtí), 主旋律 (zh) (zhǔxuánlǜ)
  • Finnish: teema (fi)
  • French: sujet (fr) m
  • Hungarian: főtétel, főtéma
  • Russian: те́ма (ru) f (téma)
  • Ukrainian: те́ма (uk) f (téma)

logic: that of which something is stated

Translations to be checked

See also[edit]
  • object
  • predicate

Etymology 3[edit]

From Medieval Latin subiectō, iterative of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: səb-jĕktʹ, IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒɛkt/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb[edit]

subject (third-person singular simple present subjects, present participle subjecting, simple past and past participle subjected)

  1. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

    I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!

  3. (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
Synonyms[edit]
  • underbring
Translations[edit]

to cause to undergo

  • Armenian: ենթարկել (hy) (entʿarkel)
  • Asturian: someter
  • Azerbaijani: məruz qoymaq
  • Bulgarian: подлагам (bg) (podlagam)
  • Catalan: sotmetre (ca)
  • Danish: udsætte for
  • Dutch: onderwerpen (nl) (aan)
  • Finnish: pakottaa (fi)
  • French: soumettre (fr) (à)
  • Galician: someter
  • German: unterwerfen (de) (haben)
  • Greek: υποβάλλω (el) (ypovállo)
  • Hungarian: alávet (hu), kitesz (hu)
  • Icelandic: ná (is) valdi yfir (is)
  • Irish: cuir faoi phróiseas, cuir faoi
  • Italian: assoggettare (it), sottomettere (it), sottoporre (it)
  • Macedonian: подложува (podložuva), изложува (izložuva)
  • Maori: eke
  • Portuguese: submeter (pt)
  • Russian: подверга́ть (ru) impf (podvergátʹ), подве́ргнуть (ru) pf (podvérgnutʹ)
  • Slovene: podvreči
  • Spanish: someter (es)
  • Swahili: somo (sw)
  • Swedish: utsätta (sv)

Further reading[edit]

  • subject in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “subject”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • subject at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Chiefly a borrowing from Latin subiectum. Earlier Middle Dutch subject was masculine.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sʏpˈjɛkt/, /sʏˈbjɛkt/
  • Hyphenation: sub‧ject
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun[edit]

subject n (plural subjecten, diminutive subjectje n)

  1. subject (theme or topic)
    Synonym: onderwerp
  2. (grammar) subject
    Synonym: onderwerp
  3. (philosophy) subject, ego
  4. someone or something that is the topic of a treatment or analysis

Derived terms[edit]

  • subjectief

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  • sujet
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occultism

the study of the supernatural

communication theory, communications

the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)

major

the principal field of study of a student at a university

frontier

an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

genealogy

the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

allometry

the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole

bibliotics

the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity

ology

an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

science, scientific discipline

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

architecture

the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings

applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology

the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

futuristics, futurology

the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions

arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

divinity, theology

the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

military science

the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare

escapology

the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)

graphology

the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer’s character or disposition)

numerology

the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs

protology

the study of origins and first things

theogony

the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods

science

a branch of study or knowledge involving the observation, investigation, and discovery of general laws or truths that can be tested systematically

forensics

the art or study of formal debate and argumentation

natural history

the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

symbology

the study or the use of symbols and symbolism

natural science, science

the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena

math, mathematics, maths

a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

agronomy, scientific agriculture

the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

agrobiology

the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield

agrology

science of soils in relation to crops

architectonics, tectonics

the science of architecture

landscape architecture

the branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment

urban planning

the branch of architecture dealing with the design and organization of urban space and activities

interior design

the branch of architecture dealing with the selection and organization of furnishings for an architectural interior

metallurgy

the science and technology of metals

aeronautical engineering

the branch of engineering science concerned with the design and construction of aircraft

bionics

application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems)

bioengineering, biotechnology, ergonomics

the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

chemical engineering

the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes

civil engineering

the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges

EE, electrical engineering

the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication

computer science, computing

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

architectural engineering

the branch of engineering that deals with the construction of buildings (as distinguished from architecture as a design art)

industrial engineering, industrial management

the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways

IT, information technology

the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

mechanical engineering

the branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of machinery

nanotechnology

the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)

nuclear engineering

the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors

naval engineering

the branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of ships

rocketry

the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation

metrology

the scientific study of measurement

nutrition

the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)

psychological science, psychology

the science of mental life

IP, informatics, information processing, information science

the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information

cognitive science

the field of science concerned with cognition; includes parts of cognitive psychology and linguistics and computer science and cognitive neuroscience and philosophy of mind

social science

the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

strategics

the science or art of strategy

systematics

the science of systematic classification

thanatology

the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)

neoclassicism

revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation

classicalism, classicism

a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

Romantic Movement, Romanticism

a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

English

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

history

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

art history

the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture

chronology

the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

beaux arts, fine arts

the study and creation of visual works of art

performing arts

arts or skills that require public performance

Occidentalism

the scholarly knowledge of western cultures and languages and people

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the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people

philosophy

the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

literary study

the humanistic study of literature

library science

the study of the principles and practices of library administration

linguistics, philology

the humanistic study of language and literature

musicology

the scholarly and scientific study of music

Sinology

the study of Chinese history and language and culture

stemmatics, stemmatology

the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis)

trivium

(Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

quadrivium

(Middle Ages) a higher division of the curriculum in a medieval university involving arithmetic and music and geometry and astronomy

cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptography, cryptology

the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms

linguistics

the scientific study of language

angelology

the branch of theology that is concerned with angels

apologetics

the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines

ecclesiology

the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church

eschatology

the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind

hermeneutics

the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis

homiletics

the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies

liturgics, liturgiology

the study of liturgies

theodicy

the branch of theology that defends God’s goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil

tactics

the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy

strategy

the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war

aerospace

the branch of science related to space flight and aviation

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Look up subject in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Subject (Latin: subiectus «lying beneath») may refer to:

Philosophy[edit]

  • Hypokeimenon, or subiectum, in metaphysics, the «internal», non-objective being of a thing
    • Subject (philosophy), a being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity

Linguistics[edit]

  • Subject (grammar), who or what a sentence or a clause is about
  • Subject case or nominative case, one of the grammatical cases for a noun

Music[edit]

  • Subject (music), or ‘theme’
  • The melodic material presented first in a fugue
  • Either of the two main groups of themes (first subject, second subject), in sonata form
  • Subject (album), a 2003 album by Dwele

Science and technology[edit]

  • The individual, whether an adult person, a child or infant, or an animal, who is the subject of research.

Computing[edit]

  • Subjects (programming), core elements in the subject-oriented programming paradigm
  • Subject (access control)
  • An element in the Resource Description Framework
  • Subject (iMedia), Computer Science focuses on what happens inside a computer including programming, networking, security and cyber security. Creative iMedia focuses on the creative aspects such as graphics, video, animation and games design.

Library science and information science[edit]

  • Subject (documents) (subject classification; subject indexing; subject searching)
  • Subject term or index term, a descriptor of a document used in bibliographic records

Other uses[edit]

  • Commoner, an individual subjected to rule by an elite, e.g. in feudalism
  • Subject in a modern constitutional monarchy, e.g. British subject
  • Course (education), a unit of academic instruction

See also[edit]

  • Subject matter (disambiguation)
  • Subjective (disambiguation)
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