subject
IPA: sʌbdʒˈɛkt
noun
- (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.
- By faulty generalisation of a clauses subject being one: an actor or agent; one who takes action. The following example would mean that the subject subjects its subjects to its rule:
- 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.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
verb
- (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.
adjective
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
- 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.
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Examples of "subject" in Sentences
- This is the subjective nature of the issue.
- The subject matter is practically the same.
- The subject matter is deserving of coverage.
- The subject matter is of foliage and flowers.
- The real issue is the subject of the changes.
- The subject of the article is the issue here.
- The issue is simply the notability of the subject.
- The topic is the subject of intense scholarly debate.
- The planet Pluto is the primary topic of this subject.
- Consider the nature and quantity of the subject matter.
- Loop, Repeater run, mailto: \% Who\%? subject = \% subject\%&body = \% Message\% winwaitactive, \% subject\%
- Message = \% Text\% run, mailto: \% Who\%? subject = \% subject\%&body = \% Message\% winwaitactive, \% subject\%
- (string) $this - > input - > post ( 'email', TRUE); $subject = (string) $this - > input - > post ( 'subject', TRUE);
- Knowing the anxiety that will be felt on this subject, though we doubt if the future King can be called _a subject_ at all, we have collected the following exclusive particulars: --
- $_POST [ "from"]; $subject = $_POST [ "subject"]; $message = $_POST [ "message"]; To specify from whom the e-mail is coming, use the optional fourth parameter for the mail () function, headers.
- -- _Write five interrogative sentences, using the first word below as a subject; the second as a subject and then as a modifier of the subject; the third as a subject and then as a modifier of the subject_: --
- Note that this changes the return value in an array where every element is an array consisting of the matched string at index 0 and its string offset into $subject at index 1. offset: Normally, the search starts from the beginning of the subject string.
- If matches are found, the new subject will be returned, otherwise $subject will be returned unchanged. pattern: The pattern to search for, as a string or an array with strings. callback: A callback that will be called and passed an array of matched elements in the $subject string.
- Mr. Garnett having inquired what subject Butler and Jones would take up when they had finished Narcissus, Butler said that they might write an oratorio on some sacred subject; and when Garnett asked whether they had anything in particular in mind, he replied that they were thinking of The Woman Taken in Adultery.
- His words are, "to _yield obedience to_ the commands of a King, if against the true religion, against the ancient and fundamental laws of the land, is another sign of an ill subject:" -- "To _resist_ the lawful power of the King; to raise insurrection against the King; admit him adverse in his religion; _to conspire against his sacred person, or any ways to rebel, though commanding things against our consciences in exercising religion, or against the rights and privileges of the subject_, is an absolute sign of the disaffected and traitorous subject."