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SUBJECT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
Example:
a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
Synonyms:
content; depicted object; subject
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
Holonyms ("subject" is a part of...):
scene; view (graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Some situation or event that is thought about
Example:
it is a matter for the police
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subject"):
area (a subject of study)
blind spot (a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment)
remit (the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with)
res adjudicata; res judicata (a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A branch of knowledge
Example:
anthropology is the study of human beings
Synonyms:
bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain (the content of a particular field of knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subject"):
theogony (the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods)
protology (the study of origins and first things)
numerology (the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs)
graphology (the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition))
escapology (the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment))
military science (the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare)
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
futuristics; futurology (the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions)
applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)
landscape architecture (the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of large man-made constructs)
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
ology (an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge)
bibliotics (the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity)
allometry (the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole)
genealogy (the study or investigation of ancestry and family history)
frontier (an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development)
major (the principal field of study of a student at a university)
communication theory; communications (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.))
occultism (the study of the supernatural)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
constituent; grammatical constituent ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Sense 5
Meaning:
(logic) the first term of a proposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
term (one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The subject matter of a conversation or discussion
Example:
his letters were always on the theme of love
Synonyms:
subject; theme; topic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subject"):
keynote (the principal theme in a speech or literary work)
head; question (the subject matter at issue)
precedent (a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time))
bone of contention (the subject of a dispute)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A person who owes allegiance to that nation
Example:
a monarch has a duty to his subjects
Synonyms:
national; subject
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subject"):
citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
compatriot (a person from your own country)
nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)
Holonyms ("subject" is a member of...):
country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
subject (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)
subject (being under the power or sovereignty of another or others)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
Example:
the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
Synonyms:
case; guinea pig; subject
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("subject" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
subject (likely to be affected by something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Likely to be affected by something
Example:
he is subject to fits of depression
Classified under:
Similar:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
Derivation:
subject (a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Example:
a dependent prince
Synonyms:
dependent; subject
Classified under:
Similar:
subordinate (subject or submissive to authority or the control of another)
Derivation:
subject (a person who owes allegiance to that nation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Possibly accepting or permitting
Example:
the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they subject ... he / she / it subjects
Past simple: subjected
Past participle: subjected
-ing form: subjecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make accountable for
Example:
He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "subject" is one way to...):
submit (yield to the control of another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
Example:
People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "subject" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Cause:
experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subject"):
bacterise; bacterize (subject to the action of bacteria)
vitriol (expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol)
put (cause (someone) to undergo something)
shipwreck (cause to experience shipwreck)
refract (subject to refraction)
expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)
expose (expose to light, of photographic film)
incur (make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make subservient; force to submit or subdue
Synonyms:
subject; subjugate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "subject" is one way to...):
dominate; master (have dominance or the power to defeat over)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subject"):
dragoon (subjugate by imposing troops)
enslave (make a slave of; bring into servitude)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
subject (a person who owes allegiance to that nation)
subjection (the act of conquering)
subjection (forced submission to control by others)
Context examples:
A process that analyzes data from different studies done about the same subject.
(Meta-analysis, NCI Dictionary)
An indication that a study subject was near death when it was euthanized.
(Moribund Sacrifice, NCI Thesaurus)
The medical history dataset includes the subject's prior history at the start of the trial.
(Medical History Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The age of the subject at the time of the vaccination.
(Age at Time of Vaccination, NCI Thesaurus)
They were able to feel pain, itch, and temperature normally; the nerves in their limbs conducted electricity rapidly; and their brains and cognitive abilities were similar to the control subjects of their age.
(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)
The subjects' brains were then scanned while they judged which category the sounds belonged to.
(How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images, National Science Foundation)
The process of obtaining subjects for a study.
(Accrual, NCI Thesaurus)
No, they are French. But let us change the subject.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
From that moment he had vanished from the world, and his identity had been a frequent subject for comment in the European press.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I know one of his subjects who could match him at that.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
