Dictionary definition · subject
noun
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion"he didn't want to discuss that subject"
- 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?"
- some situation or event that is thought about"he kept drifting off the topic"
- (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"
verb
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to"He subjected me to his awful poetry"
- make accountable for"He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
adjective
- possibly accepting or permitting"a passage capable of misinterpretation"
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others"subject peoples"
- likely to be affected by something"the bond is subject to taxation"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).