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Definitions of subject:
part of speech: verb transitive
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.
part of speech: adjective
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.
part of speech: verb transitive
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.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: adjective
Being or living under the power or dominion of another; exposed; liable, either from extraneous or inherent causes; obedient; tributary.
part of speech: verb
To bring under; to subdue; to expose; to make liable; to put under or within the power of; to enslave; to cause to undergo.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: adjective
Under the power of another: liable, exposed: subordinate: subservient.
part of speech: noun
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.
Usage examples for subject:
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Dave dropped the subject
"The Cow Puncher", Robert J. C. Stead -
To this Miss Waddington answered nothing, nor would she just then talk any further with her aunt upon the subject
"The Bertrams", Anthony Trollope -
We soon reach the end of so much as we have to say on that subject
"The Craft of Fiction", Percy Lubbock -
But they do- He came back to the subject of his wife.
"The Gay Cockade", Temple Bailey