subject

subject
noun 'sʌbdʒɪkt, -dʒɛkt
1》 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.
2》 a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university.
3》 Grammar a noun or noun phrase about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
4》 a member of a state owing allegiance to its monarch or supreme ruler.
5》 Music a theme of a fugue or of a piece in sonata form; a leading phrase or motif.
6》 Philosophy a thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind or ego.
    ↘the central substance or core of a thing as opposed to its attributes.
adjective 'sʌbdʒɛkt (subject to)
1》 likely or prone to be affected by (something bad).
2》 dependent or conditional upon.
3》 under the control or authority of.
adverb 'sʌbdʒɛkt (subject to) conditionally upon.
verb səb'dʒɛkt (usu. subject someone/thing to)
1》 cause or force to undergo.
2》 bring under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by force.
Derivatives
subjection noun
subjectless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. suget, from L. subject-, subicere 'bring under'.

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