Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - subject
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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. Phrases and idioms on 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. Derivatives subjection n. subjectless adj. Etymology: ME soget etc. f. OF suget etc. f. L subjectus past part. of subjicere (as SUB-, jacere throw)
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I. noun see: jet Date: 14th century one that is placed under authority or control: as, vassal, b. one ~ to a monarch and governed by the monarch's law, one who lives in the territory of, enjoys the protection of, and owes allegiance to a sovereign power or state, 2. that of which a quality, attribute, or relation may be affirmed or in which it may inhere, substratum, the mind, ego, or agent of whatever sort that sustains or assumes the form of thought or consciousness, 3. a department of knowledge or learning, motive, cause, c. one that is acted on , an individual whose reactions or responses are studied, a dead body for anatomical study and dissection, d. something concerning which something is said or done , something represented or indicated in a work of art, e. the term of a logical proposition that denotes the entity of which something is affirmed or denied, a word or word group denoting that of which something is predicated, the principal melodic phrase on which a musical composition or movement is based, see: citizen ~less adjective II. adjective Date: 14th century owing obedience or allegiance to the power or dominion of another, 2. suffering a particular liability or exposure , having a tendency or inclination ; prone , contingent on or under the influence of some later action , see: liable III. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to bring under control or dominion ; subjugate, to make (as oneself) amenable to the discipline and control of a superior, to make liable ; predispose, to cause or force to undergo or endure (something unpleasant, inconvenient, or trying) , ~ion noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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