subject
adjective
1. possibly accepting or permitting
- the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Similar word(s): susceptible, capable, open
2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- subject peoples
Similar word(s): subordinate, dependent
3. likely to be affected by something
- the bond is subject to taxation
- he is subject to fits of depression
Similar word(s): affected
Sentences with subject as an adjective:
- a country subject to extreme heat
- The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.
noun
1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance
2. 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
Similar word(s): content
Definition categories: man–made, thing
3. a branch of knowledge
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
Similar word(s): bailiwick, discipline, field, study
Definition categories: thought, domain
4. some situation or event that is thought about
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
Similar word(s): issue, matter, topic
Definition categories: thought, content
5. (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Definition categories: communication, constituent
6. 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
Similar word(s): case
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
7. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- a monarch has a duty to his subjects
Similar word(s): national
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
8. (logic) the first term of a proposition
Definition categories: communication, term
Sentences with subject as a noun:
- In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent.
- The subjects and objects of power.
- Her favorite subject is physics.
- I am a British subject.
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
Definition categories: perception, affect, impact, touch
2. make accountable for
- He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
Definition categories: competition, submit
3. make subservient; force to submit or subdue
Similar word(s): subjugate