subject

(s) possibly accepting or permitting
- a passage capable of misinterpretation
- open to interpretation
- an issue open to question
- the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
capable, open,
(s) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- subject peoples
- a dependent prince
dependent,
(s) likely to be affected by something
- the bond is subject to taxation
- he is subject to fits of depression

(n) the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
theme, topic,
(n) 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
depicted object, content,
(n) a branch of knowledge
- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, field, study,
(n) some situation or event that is thought about
- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
matter, topic, issue,
(n) (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
(n) 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
- the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
guinea pig, case,
(n) a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- a monarch has a duty to his subjects
national,
(n) (logic) the first term of a proposition

(v) 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
(v) make accountable for
- He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
(v) make subservient; force to submit or subdue subjugate,
(v) refer for judgment or consideration
- The lawyers submitted the material to the court
submit,

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