Subject meaning

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

“he didn't want to discuss that subject”

“it was a very sensitive topic”

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”

a branch of knowledge

“in what discipline is his doctorate?”

“teachers should be well trained in their subject”

some situation or event that is thought about

“he kept drifting off the topic”

“he had been thinking about the subject for several years”

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

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”

a person who owes allegiance to that nation

“a monarch has a duty to his subjects”

(logic) the first term of a proposition

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”

make accountable for

“He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors”

make subservient; force to submit or subdue

possibly accepting or permitting

“a passage capable of misinterpretation”

“open to interpretation”

being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

“subject peoples”

“a dependent prince”

likely to be affected by something

“the bond is subject to taxation”

“he is subject to fits of depression”