subject
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Adjective and Noun
- Verb
- Hyphenation: sub‧ject
Adjective [edit]
subject (comparative more subject, superlative most subject)
- Likely to be affected by or experience something.
- Menu listings and prices are subject to change.
- He's subject to sneezing fits.
- Conditional upon.
- The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.
Translations [edit]
likely to be affected by something
Noun [edit]
subject (plural subjects)
- (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
- “In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent.”
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, etc.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, The Hocussing of Cigarette[1]:
- Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, The Hocussing of Cigarette[1]:
- A particular area of study.
- Her favorite subject is physics.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- I am a British subject.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
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main topic
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particular area of study
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citizen in a monarchy
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person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority
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Verb [edit]
subject (third-person singular simple present subjects, present participle subjecting, simple past and past participle subjected)
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
Translations [edit]
to cause to undergo
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External links [edit]
- subject in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- subject in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
