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subject Definition
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
a
person
who
owes
allegiance
to
that
nation
; "
a
monarch
has
a
duty
to
his
subjects
"
(n) (
grammar
)
one
of
the
two
main
constituents
of
a
sentence
;
the
grammatical
constituent
about
which
something
is
predicated
(n) (
logic
)
the
first
term
of
a
proposition
(s)
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
"
(s)
being
under
the
power
or
sovereignty
of
another
or
others
; "
subject
peoples
"; "
a
dependent
prince
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
make
accountable
for
; "
He
did
not
want
to
subject
himself
to
the
judgments
of
his
superiors
"
(v)
make
subservient
;
force
to
submit
or
subdue
(v)
refer
for
judgment
or
consideration
; "
She
submitted
a
proposal
to
the
agency
"
subject Synonyms
bailiwick
branch of knowledge
capable
case
content
dependent
depicted object
discipline
field
field of study
guinea pig
issue
matter
national
open
study
subject
subject area
subject field
subjugate
submit
theme
topic
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