English to English
subject
adjective (a)
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation(noun.artifact)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)Example:
Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
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)Example:
The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly.
source: wordnet30 - a person who owes allegiance to that nation(noun.person)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)
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others(adj.all)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.
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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 - To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.(verb)source: webster1913