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Definitions of subject
  1. noun
    a branch of knowledge
    "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
  2. adjective
    possibly accepting or permitting
    "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

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  3. noun
    a person who owes allegiance to that nation
    "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

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  4. adjective
    being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
    "subject peoples"

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  5. verb
    make subservient; force to submit or subdue

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  6. noun
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
    "he didn't want to discuss that subject"

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  7. noun
    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"
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  8. noun
    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"

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  9. noun
    some situation or event that is thought about
    "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"

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  10. verb
    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"
  11. noun
    (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
  12. adjective
    likely to be affected by something
    "the bond is subject to taxation" "he is subject to fits of depression"

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  13. noun
    (logic) the first term of a proposition
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  14. verb
    make accountable for
    "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
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Definition that contains subject
  • guy subject to laughter or ridicule
  • treat subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
  • search subject to a search
  • process subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
  • shock subject to electrical shocks
  • treated subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
  • torture subject to torture
  • punished subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
  • limited subject to limits or subjected to limits
  • whip subject to harsh criticism
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