subject

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   likely to be affected by something

   the bond is subject to taxation

2. 2
   adj

   being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

   subject peoples

3. 3
   noun

   something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

   a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

4. 4
   noun

   one of the two main constituents of a sentence

   A sentence often begins with the subject.

5. 5
   noun

   the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   I didn't want to discuss that subject.

6. 6
   noun

   a person who owes allegiance to that nation

   A nation has a duty to its subjects.

7. 7
   verb

   make accountable for

   I did not want to subject myself to the judgments of others.

8. 8
   verb

   cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

   I subjected them to my award winning poetry.

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).