subject

Meaning

Adj

1. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
2. Conditional upon something; used with to.
3. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
4. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

Noun

1. The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
2. By faulty generalisation from a clause's subject being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action. The following example would mean that the subject subjects its subjects to its rule
3. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
4. A particular area of study.
5. A citizen in a monarchy.
6. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
7. The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
8. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
9. A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
10. That of which something is stated.
11. The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

Verb

1. To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
2. To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.

Concepts

subject

topic

theme

matter

dependent

subordinate

citizen

affair

object

expose

motif

title

national

business

case

issue

text

subjugate

question

thing

subject matter

submit

subservient

article

substance

field

submissive

capable

content

discipline

subdue

domain

item

field of study

material

course

plot

heading

point

open

depicted object

study

subject area

subject field

guinea pig

concern

thesis

liable

vulnerable

main idea

commit

hand over

task

curriculum

ego

subjectivity

target

story

clause

course of study

inferior

obedient

depending on

control

dependent on

subdued

depending

bailiwick

chapter

lemma

predispose

news

statement

leitmotiv

servant

doer

school subject

report

conquer

reason

area

motive

subsidiary

servile

prone

susceptible

purpose

public

something

stuff

nominative

curriculum subject

teaching subject

matter in question

term

main constituent

copy

contents

detail

import

testee

branch of knowledge

knowledge

learning

science

technology

outline

scenario

inquiry

interrogation

interrogatory

problem

query

gist

branch

liable to

prone to

put through

govern

overpower

theorem

not one’s own master

department

influenced by

usually in comp

compliant

obedient to the will

under the influence

being under control

helpless

under control

mootpoint

3 Dependent

put

score

ground

subject quote

affected with

afflicted with

bar

barring

except

without prejudice

subjectmatter

account

authority

cause

command

description

history

information

narrative

order

pleasure

saying

things

will

wish

word

vassal

genre

high school subject

theory

compromise

display

exhibit

nail

state

write up

present

send in

person

subjacent

bring under

get under

subject to

object matter

comber board

end

goal

objective

subjection

notice

head

serf

bring under control

master

subject label

grounds

occasion

topos

agent

composition

fixings

adjunct

affiliated

foot soldier

second fiddle

underling

ruled

dragoon

oppress

reduce

loaded down

oppressed

subjugated

apt

convincible

disposed

given

manipulable

minded

receptive

suggestible

tending

tractable

addicted

dependant

dependant on

junkie

qualified

reliant

idea

melodic theme

musical theme

topic of discussion

retainer

under

be about

shackle

major

apply

bestow

deposit

extend

give

grant

install

something expressed

complaint

feeling

sound

succeptible

thematics

attend

duties

functions

job

occupation

serve

service

undertaking

proposition

sign

write down

nationals

conquest

genus

suppression

yield

destination

intention

message

proposal

subject-matter

suggestion

lesson

main point

people

native

Hyphenated as

sub‧ject

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology

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”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).

Sentences

Students are placed in a tutorial with one of their subject teachers .

Abalones are subject to various diseases .

In another , the female subject could speak Bengali with a poor pronunciation .

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .

He chose the subject 'Radio Astronomy and the Structure of the Universe'.