Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin subjectus one under authority and subjectum subject of a proposition, from masculine and neuter respectively of subjectus, past participle of subicere to subject, literally, to throw under, from sub- + jacere
Pronunciation : s&b-jikt, -(")jekt
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. 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). subdue, conquer, master; expose; cause to experience, put through. under the rule of; subordinate, under the control of; exposed to, liable to; conditional, dependant upon. subject\sub*ject"\ , a. [oe. suget, of. souzget, sougit (in which the first part is l. subtus below, fr. sub under), subgiet, subject, f. sujet, from l. subjectus lying under, subjected, p. p. of subjicere, subicere, to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to throw. see:
jet a shooting forth.].
2. placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. [obs.].
3. placed under the power of another; specifically (international law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, jamaica is subject to great britain. esau was never subject to jacob.
4. exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. all human things are subject to decay.
5. obedient; submissive. put them in mind to be subject to principalities. ii. 1.
6. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
7. Placed under the power of another; specifically , owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
8. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
9. Obedient; submissive.
10. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
11. 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.
12. That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically , a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
13. That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
14. The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
15. 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.
16. That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
17. Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego.
18. Cf.
19. Object, n., 2.
20. The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
21. The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
22. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
23. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
24. To submit; to make accountable.
25. To make subservient.
26. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test. something 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" one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated the first term of a proposition 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" 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" make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" 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" being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince".
27. 1. The subject of something such as a conversation, letter, or book is the thing that is being discussed or written about. It was I who first raised the subject of plastic surgery. the president's own views on the subject.
28. Someone or something that is the subject of criticism, study, or an investigation is being criticized, studied, or investigated. Over the past few years, some of the positions Mr. Meredith has adopted have made him the subject of criticism He's now the subject of an official inquiry.
29. A subject is an area of knowledge or study, especially one that you study at school, college, or university. a tutor in maths and science subjects.
30. In an experiment or piece of research, the subject is the person or animal that is being tested or studied. `White noise' was played into the subject's ears through headphones.
31. An artist's subjects are the people, animals, or objects that he or she paints, models, or photographs. Her favourite subjects are shells spotted on beach walks.
32. In grammar, the subject of a clause is the noun group that refers to the person or thing that is doing the action expressed by the verb. For example, in `My cat keeps catching birds', `my cat' is the subject.
33. To be subject to something means to be affected by it or to be likely to be affected by it. Prices may be subject to alteration In addition, interest on Treasury issues isn't subject to state and local income taxes.
34. If someone is subject to a particular set of rules or laws, they have to obey those rules or laws. The tribunal is unique because Mr Jones is not subject to the normal police discipline code.
35. If you subject someone to something unpleasant, you make them experience it. the man who had subjected her to four years of beatings and abuse.
36. The people who live in or belong to a particular country, usually one ruled by a monarch, are the subjects of that monarch or country. Roughly half of them are British subjects.
37. When someone involved in a conversation changes the subject, they start talking about something else, often because the previous subject was embarrassing. He tried to change the subject, but she wasn't to be put off.
38. If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens. They denied a report that Egypt had agreed to a summit, subject to certain conditions.
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