subject

subject: sub|ject1 [ `sʌb,dʒekt ] noun count ***

▸ 1 something you talk/write about

▸ 2 something taught at school

▸ 3 in grammar/linguistics

▸ 4 someone in scientific test

▸ 5 someone/something shown in art, etc.

▸ 6 someone ruled by king/queen

1. ) an idea, problem, situation, etc. that you discuss or write about:

Can we talk about a different subject please?

subject of: He's never mentioned the subject of money.

The subject of our debate today will be the environment.

bring up a subject (=deliberately start talking about a subject): It was Carol who brought up the subject of sports facilities.

get onto a subject (=start talking about a subject without planning to): Somehow we got onto the subject of education.

drop a subject (=deliberately stop talking about a subject): Look, I don't want to talk about it, so can we drop the subject?

get off the subject (=stop talking about something because you have become interested in something else): We're getting off the subject here let's get back to your book.

change the subject (=deliberately start talking about something else to avoid an argument or embarrassing situation): Can we change the subject, please?

2. ) something you learn or teach in a school, for example English, mathematics, or biology

3. ) LINGUISTICS in English grammar, the person, place, or thing that does what the verb describes. In the sentence Mary threw the ball, Mary is the subject.

4. ) a person or animal that is used in a medical or scientific test

5. ) a person or thing that is shown in a photograph, painting, or piece of art

a ) someone who is written about in a book or article

6. ) someone who lives in a country that is controlled by a king or queen:

a British subject

subject

sub|ject 2 [ səb`dʒekt ] verb transitive **

to make someone experience something unpleasant:

subject someone to something: Her husband subjected her to years of physical abuse.

subject

sub|ject 3 [ `sʌb,dʒekt ] adjective only before noun FORMAL **

under the authority and control of a government or country:

The new law applies to Britain and all its subject territories.

subject to something

1. ) likely to experience something or be affected by something:

All train times are subject to change in bad weather conditions.

2. ) in a situation where you have to obey a rule or law:

All building firms are subject to tight controls.

3. ) depending on whether something happens:

Goods will be sent out within 14 days, subject to availability.

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Synonyms:

Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate, Underneath, beneath, placed under, subjacent, Dependant, subordinate, person owing allegiance / Enslave, enthrall, Subservient, subjected, subordinate, inferior, in bondage, under the lash, under one's thumb, under one's command, at one's command, at one's beck or call, at one's mercy, Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand, object-matter / Expose, make liable, Submissive, obedient, Hero, person treated of / Submit, refer, make accountable, Exposed, liable, prone, disposed, obnoxious, Subject-term, leading term, nominative / Make subservient, Corpse, dead body, carcass, body for dissection, cadaver / Cause to undergo, Substance / Recipient, object, case, patient / Experiencing mind / Mind, thinking being, conscious being, conscious subject, self, ego, me

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Subject — may refer to: *An area of interest, also called a topic meaning , thing you are talking or discussing about . It can also be termed as the area of discussion . See Lists of topics and Lists of basic topics. **An area of knowledge; **The focus of… … Wikipedia
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Subject — Sub*ject , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. [1913 Webster] Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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