subject

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: sŭbʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/ (also) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɪkt/ Hyphenation: sub‧ject ==== Adjective ==== subject (comparative more subject, superlative most subject) Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable. Conditional upon something; used with to. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state. , Book I Esau was never subject to Jacob. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: sŭbʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɪkt/ Hyphenation: sub‧ject ==== Noun ==== subject (plural subjects) (grammar) 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. Antonyms: object; predicate Coordinate terms: agent, patient; rheme, theme By extension: an actor or agent; one who takes action. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. A particular area of study. A citizen in a monarchy. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue. 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. Hyponym: participant human subject research;   animal subjects (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity. (logic) That of which something is stated. (mathematics) A variable isolated on one side of an equality, expressed in terms of other variables. ===== Synonyms ===== (discussion): matter, topic ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== object predicate === Etymology 3 === From Medieval Latin subiectō, iterative of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: səb-jĕktʹ, IPA(key): /səbˈd͡ʒɛkt/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt ==== Verb ==== subject (third-person singular simple present subjects, present participle subjecting, simple past and past participle subjected) (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate. ===== Synonyms ===== underbring ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === “subject”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “subject”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “subject”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Dutch == === Etymology === Chiefly a borrowing from Latin subiectum. Earlier Middle Dutch subject was masculine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sʏpˈjɛkt/, /sʏˈbjɛkt/ Hyphenation: sub‧ject Rhymes: -ɛkt === Noun === subject n (plural subjecten, diminutive subjectje n) subject (theme or topic) Synonym: onderwerp (grammar) subject Synonym: onderwerp (philosophy) subject, ego someone or something that is the topic of a treatment or analysis ==== Derived terms ==== subjectief ==== Related terms ==== sujet