SUBJECT
\sˈʌbd͡ʒɛkt], \sˈʌbdʒɛkt], \s_ˈʌ_b_dʒ_ɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of SUBJECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
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(logic) the first term of a proposition
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not exempt from tax; "the gift will be subject to taxation"
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refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
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(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
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make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
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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"
By Princeton University
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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"
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a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
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one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
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(logic) the first term of a proposition
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make vulnerable or liable to; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
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cause to experience or suffer; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"
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not exempt from tax; "the gift will be subject to taxation"
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refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
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Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
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Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
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Obedient; submissive.
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That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
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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.
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That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
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That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
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The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
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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.
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That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
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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.
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The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
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The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
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To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
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To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
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To submit; to make accountable.
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To make subservient.
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To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
By Oddity Software
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One who is under the power or control of another; one who owes allegiance to a monarch; as, the rights of subjects; that which is treated in writing, speaking, etc., or concerning which anything is said or done; topic; the word or word group in a sentence, denoting that of which anything is affirmed: distinguished from predicate, the thing affirmed.
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Being under the power or control of another; as, to be subject to a king; exposed; liable: with to; as, subject to temptation; subject to change.
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To bring under power or control; to make subordinate or secondary; render liable; expose; as, to subject a person to unpleasantness; to cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to heat.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A person under medical or surgical treatment. 2. An animal upon which an experiment is being made. 3. A body for dissection.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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Under the power of another: liable, exposed: subordinate: subservient.
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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: (art) that which it is the object of the artist to express: that of which anything is said: topic: matter, materials.
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To throw or bring under: to bring under the power of: to make subordinate or subservient: to subdue: to ensalve: to expose or make liable to: to cause to undergo.
By Daniel Lyons
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Being under authority; subordinate; liable; exposed.
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One under another's authority; one owing allegiance to a sovereign; that which is treated or handled; theme.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make subject; submit; subdue; render liable to, as a penalty.
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Subjection.
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Being under the power of another; subordinate; liable.
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One who is under the government of a monarch.
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Something subjected to operation, thought, emotion, or discussion; in grammar, the word or phrase denoting the thing spoken of; the nominative case.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Being under the power and dominion of another; liable from extraneous or from inherent causes; prone; disposed; being that on which a thing operates; obedient.
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One who owes allegiance to a sovereign, and is governed by his laws; that on which any mental operation is performed; that which is treated or handled; that on which any physical operation is performed; that in which anything inheres or exists; the person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; that term of a proposition of which another is predicated; the principal melody or theme of a movement; that which it is the object and aim of the artist to express; a dead body for the purpose of dissection.
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To bring under the power or dominion of; to put under; to enslave; to expose; to submit; to cause to undergo.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Being or living under the power or dominion of another; exposed; liable, either from extraneous or inherent causes; obedient; tributary.
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One who owes allegiance to a sovereign; one who lives under the dominion of another; that which is treated or handled in speaking, writing, art, &c.; materials; matter; a dead body for dissection; the theme; the topic; the hero of a piece; in logic and gram., that part of a proposition concerning which anything is affirmed or denied.
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To bring under; to subdue; to expose; to make liable; to put under or within the power of; to enslave; to cause to undergo.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An individual subjected to observation, treatment, or experiment.
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A cadaver used for dissection. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] One who or that which is placed under influence, operation or dominion in general ; one who is placed under civil authority; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or other political ruler or government, and is governed by the laws of the state;-one who acknowledges the authority of a spiritual head, teacher, &c.;-that which is brought under any physical process ; chemical substance ; matter ;-that on which any operation is performed in anatomy; living body, limb, &c.; especially, a dead body or part of a dead body for purposes of dissection ; - that in which any attribute, relation, or quality inheres or exists : substance ;-that on which any mental operation is performed ; object of inquiry or examination ; matter of thought ; point of dispute; topic treated of ;-the chief incidents, facts, or matters described or written about ; the chief character or hero of a poem, play, tale, &c. ;-in the arts, the design of a composition or picture ; that which is sought to be embodied or represented ;-in music, the principal theme or melody of a movement :-in grammar, the nominative case to a verb passive;-in logic, that of which any thing is predicated or denied;-in philosophy, the active and immediate sentient and thinking faculty which forms conceptions or ideas of the object; the Ego as opposed to the Non-ego or object.