Definition of subject

adjective (a)

• Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion (noun.communication)

  Synonym: theme, topic
  

  Example:
  He didn't want to discuss that subject.
  

  source: wordnet30
• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: content, depicted object
  

  Example:
  A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a branch of knowledge (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field
  

  Example:
  Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
  

  source: wordnet30
• some situation or event that is thought about (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: issue, matter, topic
  

  Example:
  He had been thinking about the subject for several years.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated (noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation (noun.person)

  Synonym: case, guinea pig
  

  Example:
  The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a person who owes allegiance to that nation (noun.person)

  Synonym: national
  

  Example:
  A monarch has a duty to his subjects.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (logic) the first term of a proposition (noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• possibly accepting or permitting (adj.all)

  Synonym: capable, open
  

  Example:
  The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others (adj.all)

  Synonym: dependent
  

  Example:
  Subject peoples.
  

  source: wordnet30
• likely to be affected by something (adj.all)

  Example:
  The bond is subject to taxation.
  He is subject to fits of depression.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to (verb.perception)

  Example:
  He subjected me to his awful poetry.
  The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills.
  People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make accountable for (verb.competition)

  Example:
  He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make subservient; force to submit or subdue (verb.social)

  Synonym: subjugate
  

  source: wordnet30
• refer for judgment or consideration (verb.communication)

  Synonym: submit
  

  source: wordnet30
• To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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