Dictionary Word Studies
Subject
Adjective [to place under +jacere, to throw: see jet]
1. under the authority or control of, owing allegiance to, another [subject peoples]
2. having a disposition or tendency; liable [subject to fits of anger]
3. Liable to receive; exposed (to [subject to censure]
4. contingent or conditional upon (with to) [subject to his approval]
Noun
1. A person under the authority or control of another; esp., a person in his relationship to a ruler, government, etc. to which he owes allegiance
2. Someone or something made to undergo a treatment, experiment, analysis, dissection, etc.
3. foundation, subject: something dealt with in discussion, study, writing, painting, etc.; theme
4. the main theme of a musical composition or movement
5. originating cause, reason, or motive
6. any of the various courses of study in a school, or college; branch of learning
7. Gram. a) a noun, noun phrase, or noun substitute in a sentence about which something is said in the predicate
b) in generative grammar, the infinite set of expressions that constitutes the noun phrase (NP) in the rule stating that a sentence consist of a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase
8. Logic that part of a proposition about which something is said; that which is affirmed or denied
9. Philos. a) the actual substance of anything as distinguished from its qualities and attributes
b) the mind, or ego, that thinks and feels, as distinguished from everything outside the mind : vt.
1. [Obs.] to place under or below
2. to bring under the authority or control of; cause to owe allegiance
3. to make liable or vulnerable [to subject oneself to the contempt of others]
4. to cause to undergo or experience some action or treatment [to subject someone to a thorough questioning]
5. [Rare] to place before; submit [a plan subjected for approval]
Subject
Adjective [to place under +jacere, to throw: see jet]
1. under the authority or control of, owing allegiance to, another [subject peoples]
2. having a disposition or tendency; liable [subject to fits of anger]
3. Liable to receive; exposed (to [subject to censure]
4. contingent or conditional upon (with to) [subject to his approval]
Noun
1. A person under the authority or control of another; esp., a person in his relationship to a ruler, government, etc. to which he owes allegiance
2. Someone or something made to undergo a treatment, experiment, analysis, dissection, etc.
3. foundation, subject: something dealt with in discussion, study, writing, painting, etc.; theme
4. the main theme of a musical composition or movement
5. originating cause, reason, or motive
6. any of the various courses of study in a school, or college; branch of learning
7. Gram. a) a noun, noun phrase, or noun substitute in a sentence about which something is said in the predicate
b) in generative grammar, the infinite set of expressions that constitutes the noun phrase (NP) in the rule stating that a sentence consist of a noun phrase followed by a verb phrase
8. Logic that part of a proposition about which something is said; that which is affirmed or denied
9. Philos. a) the actual substance of anything as distinguished from its qualities and attributes
b) the mind, or ego, that thinks and feels, as distinguished from everything outside the mind : vt.
1. [Obs.] to place under or below
2. to bring under the authority or control of; cause to owe allegiance
3. to make liable or vulnerable [to subject oneself to the contempt of others]
4. to cause to undergo or experience some action or treatment [to subject someone to a thorough questioning]
5. [Rare] to place before; submit [a plan subjected for approval]
