n.
/
ˈsʌbdʒɪkt,
-dʒɛkt/
- a person or thing that is being discussed or dealt with or that gives rise to something.
▸Logic the part of a proposition about which a statement is made.
▸a person who is the focus of scientific or medical attention or experiment.
- a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university.
- Grammar a noun or noun phrase about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
- a member of a state owing allegiance to its monarch or supreme ruler.
- Music a theme of a fugue or of a piece in sonata form; a leading phrase or motif.
- Philosophy a thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind or ego.
▸the central substance or core of a thing as opposed to its attributes.
adj.
/
ˈsʌbdʒɛkt/
(
subject to)
- likely or prone to be affected by (something bad).
- dependent or conditional upon.
- under the control or authority of.
adv.
/
ˈsʌbdʒɛkt/
(
subject to)
conditionally upon.
v.
/
səbˈdʒɛkt/
(
usu. subject someone/thing to)
- cause or force to undergo.
- bring under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by force.
Derivative
- subjection n.
- subjectless adj.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. suget, from L. subject-, subicere ‘bring under’.