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sub·ject S5912900 (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.TranslationsIdiomsSeesubjectEncyclopediaSeeSubject |