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subject

adj
/ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt//ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɪkt/UK/səbˈd͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology

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”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).

  1. derived from ὑποκείμενον
  2. derived from subiectus
  3. derived from suget
  4. derived from subget

Definitions

  1. Likely to be affected by or to experience something

    Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.

    • a country subject to extreme heat
    • Menu listings and prices are subject to change.
    • He's subject to sneezing fits.

  2. Conditional upon something

    Conditional upon something; used with to.

    • The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.

  3. Placed or situated under

    Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

    • Long he them bore above the subject plain
  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. Placed under the power of another

      Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

      • , Book I Esau was never subject to Jacob.

    2. The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with…

      The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

      • A subject (Sub) is a word, phrase, or clause that performs the action of or acts upon the verb in the predicate.
      • In the active sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject and ‘the mouse’ is the object.
      • In the passive sentence ‘the mouse was eaten by the cat’, ‘the mouse’ is the subject even though it is the target (patient) of the action, and ‘the cat’ is the agent.

    3. By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated…

      By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.

      • the subjects and objects of power

    4. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

      • this subject for heroic song
      • Make choice of a subject beautifull and noble, which […] shall […]afford[…] an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate itself.
      • I am th' unhappy subject of these quarrels. All these quarrels are about me.

    5. A particular area of study.

      • Her favorite subject is physics.

    6. A citizen in a monarchy.

      • I am a British subject.
      • Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, and without prejudice to section 39, this Act shall apply to proceedings by or against the Crown in like manner as it applies to proceedings between subjects.

    7. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

      • […]the Grand Khan seemed to grasp the "truth" of the religion and might become a convert, thereby gaining for Christianity the souls of all his subjects.

    8. The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.

      • The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.

    9. A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc

      A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.

      • human subject research
      • animal subjects
      • Writers of particular lives[…]are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.

    10. A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…

      A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.

    11. That of which something is stated.

    12. The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

      • Making x the subject of x² − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).

    13. To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that…

      To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

      • I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!

    14. To make subordinate or subservient

      To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.

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Derived

fee simple subject to condition subsequent, fee simple subject to executory interest, fee simple subject to executory limitation, subjectness, unsubject, vested remainder subject to open, between-subjects, change the subject, cosubject, countersubject, drop the subject, dummy subject, echo subject, federal subject, historical subject, impersonal subject, intersubject, intrasubject, introductory subject, metasubject, minor subject, multisubject, nonsubject, null-subject language, oblique subject, postsubject, preparatory subject, presubject, quirky subject, short subject, subject case, subject clause, subject complement, subject-control, subjectdom, subject heading, subjecthood, subjectification, subjectify, subject indexing · +18 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at subject. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at subject. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at subject

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA