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- sub·jectsubject (noun) · subjects (plural noun)
- a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with:"I've said all there is to be said on the subject" · "he's the subject of a major new biography"
- a person or circumstance giving rise to a specified feeling, response, or action:"the incident was the subject of international condemnation"
- a person who is the focus of scientific or medical attention or experiment:"subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire"
- logicthe part of a proposition about which a statement is made.
- musica theme of a fugue or of a piece in sonata form; a leading phrase or motif:"the chorale-like second subject of the Scherzo"
- grammara noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
- philosophya thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind; the ego, especially as opposed to anything external to the mind.
- the central substance or core of a thing as opposed to its attributes.
subject (adjective)- likely or prone to be affected by (a particular condition or occurrence, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one):"he was subject to bouts of manic depression"Similar:susceptible toliable toprone tovulnerable topredisposed todisposed toapt/likely to suffer fromeasily affected byat risk ofwide open tosusceptive ofOpposite:
- under the authority of:"legislation making Congress subject to the laws it passes"Similar:bound byconstrained byanswerable toaccountable toliable tounder the control of
- under the control or domination of another ruler, country, or government:"the Greeks were the first subject people to break free from Ottoman rule"
subject (verb) · subjects (third person present) · subjected (past tense) · subjected (past participle) · subjecting (present participle)OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘(person) owing obedience’): from Old French suget, from Latin subjectus ‘brought under’, past participle of subicere, from sub- ‘under’ + jacere ‘throw’. Senses relating to philosophy, logic, and grammar are derived ultimately from Aristotle's use of to hupokeimenon meaning ‘material from which things are made’ and ‘subject of attributes and predicates’. Explore further
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