Pronunciation Adjective
subject
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
- a country subject to extreme heat
- c. 1678 (written), 1682 (published), John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- All human things are subject to decay.
- Menu listings and prices are subject to change.
- He's subject to sneezing fits.
- Conditional upon.
- The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- 1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187 ↗:, Book I
- Esau was never subject to Jacob.
subject (plural subjects)
- (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
- In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent.
- An actor; one who takes action.
- The subjects and objects of power.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 8”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- this subject for heroic song
- Make choice of a subject, beautiful and noble, which […] shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
- c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:
- I am th' unhappy subject of these quarrels. All these quarrels are about me.
- A particular area of study.
- Her favorite subject is physics.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- I am a British subject.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.
- A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
- Writers of particular lives […] are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- (math) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- Making x the subject of xsup 2 − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).
- French: sujet
- German: Satzgegenstand, Subjekt
- Italian: soggetto
- Portuguese: sujeito
- Russian: подлежа́щее
- Spanish: sujeto
- French: sujet
- German: Thema, Gegenstand, Sache, Sujet, Betreff email
- Italian: soggetto
- Portuguese: matéria
- Russian: предме́т
- Spanish: materia, tema, asunto email
- French: matière, discipline
- German: Fach, Schulfach, Unterrichtsfach, Studienfach, Lehrfach
- Italian: materia, disciplina, corso
- Portuguese: disciplina, matéria
- Russian: предме́т
- Spanish: asignatura, materia, curso, ramo
- French: sujet
- German: Untertan, Untertanin
- Italian: suddito
- Portuguese: súdito
- Russian: по́дданный
- Spanish: súbdito
- German: Untertan, Untertanin
- Italian: assoggettato, sottomesso
- Portuguese: súdito
- Russian: по́дданный
- Spanish: súbdito
subject (subjects, present participle subjecting; past and past participle subjected)
- (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!
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
- French: soumettre (à)
- German: unterwerfen (haben)
- Italian: assoggettare, sottomettere, sottoporre
- Portuguese: submeter
- Russian: подверга́ть
- Spanish: someter
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