subject
n
the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc.(in combination)
any branch of learning considered as a course of study
a word, phrase, or formal expression about which something is predicated or stated in a sentence; for example, the cat in the sentence The cat catches mice
a person or thing that undergoes experiment, analysis, treatment, etc
a person who lives under the rule of a monarch, government, etc
an object, figure, scene, etc, as selected by an artist or photographer for representation
that which thinks or feels as opposed to the object of thinking and feeling; the self or the mind.a substance as opposed to its attributes
Also called: theme a melodic or thematic phrase used as the principal motif of a fugue, the basis from which the musical material is derived in a sonata-form movement, or the recurrent figure in a rondo
the term of a categorial statement of which something is predicated.the reference or denotation of the subject term of a statement. The subject of John is tall is not the name John, but John himself
an originating motive
adj
being under the power or sovereignty of a ruler, government, etc
subject peoples
showing a tendency (towards)
a child subject to indiscipline
exposed or vulnerable
subject to ribaldry
conditional upon
the results are subject to correction
adv
vb
to cause to undergo the application (of)
they subjected him to torture
to expose or render vulnerable or liable (to some experience)
he was subjected to great danger
to bring under the control or authority (of)
to subject a soldier to discipline
to subdue or subjugate
to present for consideration; submit
to place below
Abbreviation:subj
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