subject

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• “he didn”
• “;”
• “;”

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”

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”

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”

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”

a person who owes allegiance to that nation

• “a monarch has a duty to his subjects”

(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

(logic) the first term of a proposition

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”

make accountable for

• “He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors”

make subservient; force to submit or subdue

refer for judgment or consideration

• “She submitted a proposal to the agency”

not exempt from tax

• “the gift will be subject to taxation”

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”

being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• “subject peoples”
• “a dependent prince”