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Definition: SUBJECT-MATTER |
SUBJECT-MATTERNoun1. The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. |
Date "SUBJECT-MATTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Members of the League agree that whenever any dispute shall arise between them which they recognise to be suitable for submission to arbitration and which cannot be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy, they will submit the whole subject-matter to arbitration. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "SUBJECT-MATTER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.75% of the time. "SUBJECT-MATTER" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.75% | 158 | 24,965 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SUBJECT-MATTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 主题问题. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ændring af sagsgenstanden (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wijziging van het voorwerp van het geding (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sisällys (contents), aineisto (material). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | modification de l'objet du litige (the subject-matter may be changed), les frais qui font l'objet du litige (expenses which form the subject-matter of the proceedings), éléments revendiqués (claimed subject-matter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | die streitbefangenen Kosten (expenses which form the subject-matter of the proceedings), beanspruchter Gegenstand (claimed subject-matter), Änderung des Streitgegenstands (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταβολή του αντικειμένου της διαφοράς (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tartalom (amount, capacity, content, intension, matter, plot, purport, substance), téma (argument, issue, matter, referent, shit, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic), tárgy (chose, matter, object, purport, referent, subject, theme, thing, topic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | modifica dell'oggetto del giudizio (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 주 사 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubject-mattersay tema (motif, subject, text, theme, topic), matéria de discussão (topic), assunto (affair, article, business, business deal, case, concernment, dead set, full stop, material, matter, motif, object, palaver, point, proposition, question, shebang, subject, text, theme, thing, topic), argumento (argument, fable, fairytale, plea, topic). (various references) тема (burden, chapter, subject, subject matter, theme, themes, topic). (various references) modificación del objeto del litigio (the subject-matter may be changed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "SUBJECT-MATTER" (pronounced 'Sub"ject-mat`ter'): Amphiaster, Anglemeter, Animater, Archiater, Backwater, Bandmaster, Bargemastter, Beemaster, Bergmaster, Black-letter, Blendwater, Bloodletter, Bogtrotter, Breakwater, Burghermaster, Burghmaster, Burgomaster, Calc-sinter, Capellmeister, Catchwater, Chalkcutter, Coal-meter, Cockmaster, Colporter, Confederater, Constituter, Controverter, Corncutter, Court-plaster, Craftsmaster, Criticaster, Cutwater, Dekaliter, Dekameter, Dynamiter, Fillibuster, Fresh-water, goddaughter, limewater, Macerater, manslaughter, Masticater, Medicaster, Meliorater, micromillimeter, midwinter, Mint-master, news-letter, Ohmmeter, Outfitter. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-j-m-r-s-t-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: betatters, eructates, umbrettes. | |
-5 letters: abetters, abutters, acerbest, attester, berettas, betatter, burettes, cremates, curettes, embraces, embrutes, eructate, maturest, scramjet, secateur, suberect, subtract, teamster, trajects, umbrette. | |
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