Subject Definition

sŭbjĕkt, -jĭkt
subjected, subjecting, subjects
adjective
Under the authority or control of, or owing allegiance to, another.
Subject peoples.
Webster's New World
Having a disposition or tendency; liable (to)
Subject to fits of anger.
Webster's New World
Prone; disposed.
A child who is subject to colds.
American Heritage
Liable to receive; exposed (to)
Subject to censure.
Webster's New World
Contingent or conditional upon (with to)
Subject to your approval.
Webster's New World
noun
subjects
A person under the authority or control of another; esp., a person owing allegiance to a particular ruler, government, etc.
Webster's New World
One concerning which something is said or done; a person or thing being discussed or dealt with.
A subject of gossip.
American Heritage
Someone or something made to undergo a treatment, experiment, analysis, dissection, etc.
Webster's New World
Something that is treated or indicated in a work of art.
American Heritage
Something dealt with in discussion, study, writing, painting, etc.; theme.
Webster's New World
verb
subjected, subjecting, subjects
To place under or below.
Webster's New World
To bring under the authority or control of; cause to owe allegiance.
Webster's New World
To subjugate; subdue.
American Heritage
To cause to experience or receive some action or treatment.
To subject someone to interrogation, subject a new drug to rigorous testing.
Webster's New World
To make liable or vulnerable.
To subject oneself to the contempt of others.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Subject

Noun

Singular:
subject
Plural:
subjects

Origin of Subject

  • From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed"), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior"), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition"), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place"), from sub (“under, at the foot of") + iaciō (“throw, hurl").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin subiectus from past participle of sūbicere to subject sub- sub- iacere to throw yē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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