Subject
['sʌbdʒekt;'sʌbdʒɪkt] or [ˈsʌbdʒekt]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated.
(noun.) (logic) the first term of a proposition.
(noun.) 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'.
(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'; 'the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities'.
(verb.) make accountable for; 'He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors'.
(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'.
(adj.) likely to be affected by something; 'the bond is subject to taxation'; 'he is subject to fits of depression' .
(adj.) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; 'subject peoples'; 'a dependent prince' .
Editor: Meredith--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
(a.) Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
(a.) Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
(a.) Obedient; submissive.
(a.) That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
(a.) Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
(a.) That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
(a.) That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
(a.) The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
(a.) That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.
(a.) That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
(a.) Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
(n.) The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
(n.) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
(v. t.) To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
(v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
(v. t.) To submit; to make accountable.
(v. t.) To make subservient.
(v. t.) To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
Edited by Ian
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate.[2]. Enslave, inthrall.[3]. Expose, make liable.[4]. Submit, refer.
a. [1]. Subservient, subjected, 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.[2]. Submissive, obedient.[3]. Exposed, liable.
n. [1]. Dependent, subordinate.[2]. Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand.[3]. Hero, person treated of.[4]. Nominative, nominative case.[5]. Corpse, dead body, carcass.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Question, matter, material, theme, topic
SYN:Subordinate, subservient, exposed, liable, prone, disposed, obnoxious,amenable
ANT:Superior, independent, exempt, indisposed, unliable, unamenable
Typed by Claire
Definition
adj. under the power of another: liable prone disposed: exposed: subordinate tributary: subservient.—n. one under the power of another: one under allegiance to a sovereign: that on which any operation is performed: that which is treated or handled: (anat.) a dead body for dissection: a person supposed to be peculiarly sensitive to hypnotic influence: that which it is the object of the artist to express the scheme or idea of a work of art: a picture representing action and incident: that of which anything is said or of which a discourse treats bringing many things under a common head: the mind regarded as the thinking power in contrast with the object that about which it thinks: topic: matter materials: the general plan of any work of art.—v.t. Subject′ to throw or bring under: to bring under the power of: to make subordinate or subservient: to subdue: to enslave: to expose or make liable to: to cause to undergo.—n. Subjec′tion the act of subjecting or subduing: the state of being subject to another.—adj. Subject′ive relating to the subject: derived from one's own consciousness: denoting those states of thought or feeling of which the mind is the conscious subject—opp. to Objective.—adv. Subject′ively.—n. Subject′iveness.—v.t. Subject′ivise.—ns. Subject′ivism a philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to and founds it upon subjective states; Subject′ivist one who holds to subjectivism.—adj. Subjectivist′ic.—adv. Subjectivist′ically.—ns. Subjectiv′ity state of being subjective: that which is treated subjectively; Sub′ject-matter a tautological compound for subject theme topic; Sub′ject-ob′ject the immediate object of cognition or the thought itself; Sub′jectship the state of being subject.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- And do they know that, by that statute, money is not to be raised on the subject but by consent of Parliament? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I say this here for two reasons--because I hope to avoid the critical attack of the genuine Marxian specialist, and because the observation is, I believe, relevant to our subject. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The subject of gymnastic leads Plato to the sister subject of medicine, which he further illustrates by the parallel of law. Plato. The Republic.
- To talk about training a power, mental or physical, in general, apart from the subject matter involved in its exercise, is nonsense. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Enough of a subject I had determined not to touch upon. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I made the popularity of the subject a reason for going back to improve the acquaintance, and I have never since been the man I was. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Every king and princelet in Europe was building his own Versailles as much beyond his means as his subjects and credits would permit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They said little more; but were company to one another in silently pursuing the same subjects, and did not part until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Is this Justinian a king, that you talk about his subjects? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The case is the same in other subjects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I am not sufficiently acquainted with such subjects to know whether it is at all remarkable that I almost always dreamed of that period of my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Signs of intelligence seemed to pass between them, and Pitt spoke with her on subjects on which he never thought of discoursing with Lady Jane. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These services, therefore, being almost entirely arbitrary, subjected the tenant to many vexations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yet she stood subjected through the wedding service. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As a great modern philosopher has said, Aristotle press ed his way through the mass of things knowable, and subjected its diversity to the power of his thought. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The shoes remain in these vulcanizers from six to seven hours, subjected to extreme heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tired with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resigned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As one operation of carding is not sufficient for most purposes the cotton is subjected to one or more successive cardings. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Only by starting with crude material and subjecting it to purposeful handling will he gain the intelligence embodied in finished material. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Could one never do the simplest, the most harmless thing, without subjecting one's self to some odious conjecture? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His notebook show s that he was now subjecting to examination the religious and political opinions of his time. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Reel machines are then employed to transfer the hides from one vat to another, thus subjecting them to liquors of increasing strength. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- With the storage battery, it may be regenerated at will by simply subjecting it to an electric current from a dynamo. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Their domineering impulses find satisfaction in conquering things, in subjecting brute forces to human purposes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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