1. that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
2. a branch of knowledge as a course of study: He studied four subjects in his first year at college.
3. a motive, cause, or ground: a subject for complaint.
4. the theme of a sermon, book, story, etc.
5. the principal melodic motif or phrase in a musical composition, especially in a fugue.
6. an object, scene, incident, etc., chosen by an artist for representation, or as represented in art.
7. a person who is under the dominion or rule of a sovereign.
8. a person who owes allegiance to a government and lives under its protection: Swedish subjects are guaranteed access to equal education in childhood.
9. (in many languages, such as English) one of the two main parts of a sentence, containing a noun or pronoun and all of its modifiers, which generally refers to the one performing an action, experiencing a condition, or being in a state expressed by a verb: for example, Our best employee in Our best employee gave notice, or He in He is still here.
10. a person or thing that undergoes or may undergo some action: As a dissenter, he found himself the subject of the group's animosity.
11. a person or thing under the control or influence of another.
12. a person as an object of medical, surgical, or psychological treatment or experiment.
13. a cadaver used for dissection.
14. that term of a proposition concerning which the predicate is affirmed or denied.
15. Philosophy.
• that which thinks, feels, perceives, intends, etc., as contrasted with the objects of thought, feeling, etc.
• the self or ego.
16. that in which qualities or attributes inhere; substance.

17. being under domination, control, or influence (often followed by to).
18. being under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a sovereign, state, or some governing power; owing allegiance or obedience (often followed by to).
19. open or exposed (usually followed by to): subject to ridicule.
20. being dependent or conditional upon something (usually followed byto): His consent is subject to your approval.
21. being under the necessity of undergoing something (usually followed by to): All beings are subject to death.
22. liable; prone (usually followed by to): subject to headaches.

23. to bring under domination, control, or influence (usually followed by to).
24. to bring under dominion, rule, or authority, as of a conqueror or a governing power (usually followed by to).
25. to cause to undergo the action of something specified; expose (usually followed by to): to subject metal to intense heat.
26. to make liable or vulnerable; lay open; expose (usually followed by to): to subject oneself to ridicule.
27. to place beneath something; make subjacent.

• the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc
• (in combination)
2. any branch of learning considered as a course of study
3. a word, phrase, or formal expression about which something is predicated or stated in a sentence; for example, the cat in the sentence The cat catches mice
4. a person or thing that undergoes experiment, analysis, treatment, etc
5. a person who lives under the rule of a monarch, government, etc
6. an object, figure, scene, etc, as selected by an artist or photographer for representation
7. philosophy
• that which thinks or feels as opposed to the object of thinking and feeling; the self or the mind
• a substance as opposed to its attributes
8. a melodic or thematic phrase used as the principal motif of a fugue, the basis from which the musical material is derived in a sonata-form movement, or the recurrent figure in a rondo
9. logic
• the term of a categorial statement of which something is predicated
• the reference or denotation of the subject term of a statement. The subject of John is tall is not the name John, but John himself
10. an originating motive
11. to select a new topic of conversation

12. being under the power or sovereignty of a ruler, government, etc
13. showing a tendency (towards)
14. exposed or vulnerable
15. conditional upon

16. under the condition that

17. to cause to undergo the application (of)
18. to expose or render vulnerable or liable (to some experience)
19. to bring under the control or authority (of)
20. to subdue or subjugate
21. to present for consideration; submit
22. to place below

More Definitions

• OLEFIN FIBER (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
• SEA PINK (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
• JIANG ZEMIN (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
• GABBRO (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
• GRANDSTAND (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
• TANDJUNGPRIOK (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples