subject

Adjective

• likely to be affected by something
  • the bond is subject to taxation
    
  • he is subject to fits of depression
    

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
  • subject peoples
    
  • a dependent prince
    

• 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
    

Noun

• (logic) the first term of a proposition

• a person who owes allegiance to that nation
  • a monarch has a duty to his subjects
    

• 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
    

• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

• some situation or event that is thought about
  • he kept drifting off the topic
    
  • he had been thinking about the subject for several years
    
  • it is a matter for the police
    

• a branch of knowledge
  • in what discipline is his doctorate?
    
  • teachers should be well trained in their subject
    
  • anthropology is the study of human beings
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Verb

• refer for judgment or consideration
  • The lawyers submitted the material to the court
    

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

• make accountable for
  • He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dependent , capable , open , national , case , guinea pig , topic , issue , matter , discipline , subject area , subject field , field , field of study , study , bailiwick , content , depicted object , theme , submit , subjugate