subject
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
grammar
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
logic
mathematics
music
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).
Inflected forms:
form: more subject
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most subject
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: subjects
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: subjects
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subjecting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subjected
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subjected
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
pos: adj
examples: a country subject to extreme heat
Menu listings and prices are subject to change.
He's subject to sneezing fits.
All human things are subject to decay.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
gloss: Conditional upon something; used with to.
pos: adj
examples: The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.
gloss: Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
pos: adj
examples: Long he them bore above the subject plain
gloss: Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
pos: adj
examples: , Book I
Esau was never subject to Jacob.
gloss: The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
pos: noun
examples: A subject (Sub) is a word, phrase, or clause that performs the action of or acts upon the verb in the predicate.
In the active sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject and ‘the mouse’ is the object.
In the passive sentence ‘the mouse was eaten by the cat’, ‘the mouse’ is the subject even though it is the target (patient) of the action, and ‘the cat’ is the agent.
gloss: By extension: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
pos: noun
examples: the subjects and objects of power
gloss: The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
pos: noun
examples: this subject for heroic song
Make choice of a subject beautifull and noble, which […] shall […]afford[…] an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate itself.
I am th' unhappy subject of these quarrels. All these quarrels are about me.
Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
gloss: A particular area of study.
pos: noun
examples: Her favorite subject is physics.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
gloss: A citizen in a monarchy.
pos: noun
examples: I am a British subject.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, and without prejudice to section 39, this Act shall apply to proceedings by or against the Crown in like manner as it applies to proceedings between subjects.
Ignat'ev refused to concede these points, but offered other concessions instead: Russia would not demand a consulate in Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh or Chang-chia-k'ou (Kalgan); it would permit Chinese subjects to continue living along the Ussuri river as Chinese subjects; and it would limit to 200 the number of Russian traders in Peking.
gloss: A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
pos: noun
examples: […]the Grand Khan seemed to grasp the "truth" of the religion and might become a convert, thereby gaining for Christianity the souls of all his subjects.
gloss: The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
pos: noun
examples: The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.
gloss: A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
pos: noun
examples: human subject research
animal subjects
Writers of particular lives[…]are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.
It is also essential for those who come to the subject 'fresh' to gain the insight that will bridge their knowledge from being a subject of hypnosis to a potential practitioner.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.
gloss: A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
pos: noun
gloss: That of which something is stated.
pos: noun
gloss: The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
pos: noun
examples: Making x the subject of x² − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).
gloss: To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!
gloss: To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: underbring
Related words: object
predicate
Derived words: fee simple subject to condition subsequent
fee simple subject to executory interest
fee simple subject to executory limitation
subjectness
unsubject
vested remainder subject to open
between-subjects
change the subject
cosubject
countersubject
drop the subject
dummy subject
echo subject
federal subject
historical subject
impersonal subject
intersubject
intrasubject
introductory subject
metasubject
minor subject
multisubject
nonsubject
null-subject language
oblique subject
postsubject
preparatory subject
presubject
quirky subject
short subject
subject case
subject clause
subject complement
subject-control
subjectdom
subject heading
subjecthood
subjectification
subjectify
subject indexing
subjectist
subjective
subjectless
subjectlike
subject matter
subject-matter
subject matter jurisdiction
subject of labor
subject-oriented
subject pronoun
subjectship
subject title
subjectwise
tool subject
within-subjects
subjecter
resubject
subjectable
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: суб'е́кт
roman: subʺjékt
lang: Bulgarian
word: субе́кт
roman: subékt
lang: Finnish
word: subjekti
lang: Finnish
word: tekijä
lang: Finnish
word: toimija
lang: French
word: sujet
lang: Hungarian
word: alany
lang: Russian
word: субъе́кт
roman: subʺjékt
lang: Ukrainian
word: суб'є́кт
roman: subʺjékt