̘. ̈n.ˈsʌbdʒɪkt n.,
adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a a
matter,
theme, etc. to be discussed, described, represented,
dealt with, etc. b (foll. by for) a
person,
circumstance,
etc., giving
rise to specified
feeling,
action, etc. (a subject
for congratulation). 2 a
department or
field of
study (his
best subject is geography). 3 Gram. a
noun or
its equivalent about which a
sentence is predicated
and with which
the verb agrees. 4 a
any person
except a
monarch living under a
monarchy or any
other form of
government (the
ruler and
his subjects). b any person
owing obedience to
another. 5 Philos. a a
thinking or feeling
entity; the
conscious mind; the
ego,
esp. as opposed to
anything external to the mind. b the
central substance or
core of a
thing as opposed to its attributes. 6 Mus. a theme of a
fugue or
sonata; a leading
phrase or
motif. 7 a person of specified
mental or
physical tendencies (a
hysterical subject). 8
Logic the
part of a
proposition about which a
statement is
made. 9 (in full subject for dissection) a
dead body. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) owing obedience to a government, colonizing
power, force, etc.; in subjection. 2 (foll. by to)
liable, exposed, or
prone to (is subject to infection). 3 (foll. by to)
conditional upon; on the
assumption of (the
arrangement is subject to
your approval). --adv. (foll. by to) conditionally upon (subject to your
consent, I
propose to
try again). --v.tr. 1 (foll. by to)
make liable;
expose;
treat (subjected us to hours of waiting). 2 (usu. foll. by to)
subdue (a
nation, person, etc.) to one's
sway etc. øon the subject of
concerning, about. subject and
object Psychol. the ego or
self and the
non-ego;
consciousness and
that of which it is or
may be conscious. subject
catalogue a catalogue, esp. in a
library, arranged
according to the subjects treated. subject-heading a
heading in an
index collecting references to a subject. subject-matter the matter treated of in a
book,
lawsuit, etc. øøsubjection n. subjectless adj. [ME soget etc. f. OF suget etc. f. L subjectus
past part. of subjicere (as
SUB-, jacere throw)]
