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Noun
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Definition: 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"
Definition: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
Definition: (logic) the first term of a proposition
Definition: In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
Verb
Definition: 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: make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
Definition: To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
Adjective
Definition: 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"
Definition: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
Definition: likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"
Definition: Likely to be affected by or to experience something.