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Definition: Subject |
SubjectAdjective1. Not exempt from tax; "the gift will be subject to taxation". 2. Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince". Noun1. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love". 2. Some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police". 3. A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings". 4. 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". 5. A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities". 6. A person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects". 7. (linguistics) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated. 8. (logic) the first term of a proposition. Verb1. Cause to experience or suffer: "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills". 2. Make accountable for: "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors". 3. Make vulnerable or liable to; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation". 4. Make liable: "This action may subject you to certain penalties". 5. Make subservient; force to submit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subject" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Subject \Sub*ject"\, noun. [From Latin subjectus, through an old form of French sujet. See Subject,]. (references) |
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Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by subject
SUBJECT COLLECTIVE TERM STATUS aardvarks An aarmory of aardvarks Uncertain academics A faculty of academics √ actors A company of actors √ actors A cast of actors √ aircraft A wing of aircraft √ angels A chorus of angels √ angels A host of angels √ ants An army of ants √ ants A swarm of ants √ ants A colony of ants √ antelope A herd of antelope √ apes A shrewdness of apes √ apes A troop of apes √ arrows A quiver of arrows √ arsonists A conflagration of arsonists √ asseses A pace of asses √ asteroids A belt of asteroids √ athletes A team of athletes √ auks A raft of auks Uncertain baboons A flange of baboons √ baboons A congress of baboons √ bacteria A culture of bacteria √ badgerss A cete of badgers √ pipers A poverty of pipers √ barons A thought of barons √ bastards A shower of bastards √ bats A colony of bats √ beans A hill of beans √ bears A sloth of bears √ beauties A bevy of beauties √ beavers A colony of beavers √ beavers A lodge of beavers √ bees A grist of bees √ bees A hive of bees √ bees A swarm of bees √ bills A wad of bills √ birds A dissimulation of birds √ birds A volery of birds √ bitterns A sedge of bitterns √ bitterns A siege of bitterns √ blackfish A grind of blackfish Uncertain boars A singular of boars √ boars A sounder of boars √ bomblets A cluster of bomblets √ books A library of books √ bookkeepers An audit of bookkeepers Uncertain boys A rascal of boys Uncertain bread A batch of bread √ brush (wood) A bavin of brush (wood) √ buffalo An obstinacy of buffalo √ buffalo A herd of buffalo √ bullfinches A bellowing of bullfinches √ bureaucrats A shuffle of bureaucrats Uncertain bureaucrats A prevarication of bureaucrats Spurious butterflies A rabble of butterflies Uncertain butterflies A rainbow of butterflies √ butterflies A kaleidoscope of butterflies Uncertain Bush's A lie of Bush's Spurious buzzards A wake of buzzards √ camels A caravan of camels √ Canadians A mosaic of Canadians Spurious Candidates A slate of candidates √ capons A mews of capons √ cards A deck of cards √ caribou A herd of caribou √ cardiologists A flutter of cardiologists Spurious cats (feral or wild) A destruction of cats (feral or wild) √ cats A clowder of cats √ cats A clutter of cats √ cats A glaring of cats √ cats A pounce of cats √ cats A cluster of cats √ kittens (cats) A kindle of kittens (cats) √ caterpillars An army of caterpillars √ cattle A kine of cattle √ cattle A herd of cattle √ starlets A galaxy of starlets √ chamois A herd of chamois √ chickens A peep of chickens √ chicks A clutch of chicks √ eggs A clutch of eggs √ hens A brood of hens √ poultry A run of poultry √ chinchillas A colony of chinchillas √ choughs A clattering of choughs √ choughs A chattering of choughs √ circuits A bank of circuits √ clams A bed of clams √ cobblers A drunken ship of cobblers √ cockroaches An intrusion of cockroaches Uncertain cod A lap of cod Uncertain coins A roll of coins √ coins A rouleau of coins √ computers A cluster of computers √ computers A network of computers √ coots A cover of coots √ coots A raft of coots √ cormorants A flight of cormorants √ courtesans A harem of courtesans Spurious courtiers A threatening of courtiers √ cattle A drove of cattle √ cows A herd of cows √ cows A flink of cows √ coyotes A pack of coyotes √ cranes A sedge of cranes √ crocodiles A bask of crocodiles √ crows A storytelling of crows √ crows A hover of crows √ crows A murder of crows √ curs A cowardice of curs √ curlews A head of curlews √ deer A leash of deer √ deer A herd of deer √ deer A parcel of deer √ roes A bevy of roes √ doctors A doctrine of doctors Uncertain hounds A cry of hounds √ puppies A litter of puppies √ show dogs A bench of show dogs Uncertain dollars A fistful of dollars Spurious dolphins A pod of dolphins √ dotterel A trip of dotterel √ doves A piteousness of doves √ doves A flight of doves √ doves A dule of doves √ doves A pitying of doves √ doves A prettying of doves √ doves A dole of doves √ drummers A fagot of drummers (see sticks) √ ducks (diving) A dopping of ducks (diving) √ ducks (flying) A plump of ducks (flying) √ ducks (on water) A paddling of ducks (on water) √ ducks A team of ducks √ ducks A flush of ducks √ ducks A raft of ducks √ dunlin A fling of dunlin √ eagles A convocation of eagles √ eels A swarm of eels √ eels A fry of eels Uncertain elephants A herd of elephants √ elephants A parade of elephants √ elk A gang of elk √ employees A staff of employees √ experts A panel of experts √ fairies A herd of fairies √ falcons A cast of falcons √ ferrets A fesnying of ferrets √ ferrets A business of ferrets √ finches A trembing of finches √ finches A charm of finches √ finches A trimming of finches √ fish A draught of fish √ fish A shoal of fish √ fish A scale of fish √ fish A drift of fish √ fish A school of fish √ flamingoes A stand of flamingoes √ flowers A patch of flowers √ flowers A bouquet of flowers √ flowers A garden of flowers Spurious flies A business of flies √ flies A swarm of flies √ foxes A skulk of foxes √ foxes A leash of foxes √ friars A scull of friars √ frogs An army of frogs √ mourners A cortege of mourners √ gays A village of gays √ giraffes A corps of giraffe √ giraffes A tower of giraffes Uncertain girls A giggle of girls √ gnats A cloud of gnats √ gnats A clout of gnats Uncertain gnats A horde of gnats √ goats A trip of goats √ goats A tribe of goats √ goldfinches A drum of goldfinches √ goldfinches A troubling of goldfinches √ geese (flying) A wedge of geese (flying) √ geese A gaggle of geese √ geese A skein of geese √ geese A flock of geese √ geese A nide of geese √ gorillas A band of gorillas √ gorillas A woop of gorillas √ goshawks A flight of goshawks √ grapes A bunch of (sour) grapes √ grasshoppers A cloud of grasshoppers √ grasshoppers A cluster of grasshoppers √ grouse A lek of grouse Uncertain grouse A covey of grouse √ grouse A pack of grouse √ guillemots A bazaar of guillemots √ gulls A colony of gulls √ gulls A screech of gulls √ hackers A cruft of hackers √ hares A down of hares √ hares A leap of hares √ hares A husk of hares √ hares A trip of hares √ hares A trace of hares √ harpers A melody of harpers √ hawks A kettle of hawks √ hawks A cast of hawks √ hedgehogs A prickle of hedgehogs √ herons A siege of herons √ herrings A glean of herrings √ hippopotami A bloat of hippopotami Uncertain hippopotami A crash of hippopotami √ homework A slew of homework √ hoodlums A gang of hoodlums √ colts A rag of colts √ colts A rake of colts √ horsemen A cavalcade of horsemen √ horses A harass of horses √ horses A stable of horses √ horses A team of horses √ mares A stud of mares √ ponies A string of ponies √ racehorses A field of racehorses √ hounds A pack of hounds √ hounds A mute of hounds √ hounds A cry of hounds √ hummingbirds A charm of hummingbirds √ husbands A multiply of husbands √ hyenas A clan of hyenas √ Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of collective nouns by subject A-H."
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Collective noun
List of collective nouns
List of collective nouns by subject
SUBJECT COLLECTIVE TERM STATUS idiots A thicket of idiots Spurious impediments A vagary of impediments Uncertain infantry A creche of infantry Spurious information A wealth of information √ islands A chain of islands √ islands An archipelago of islands √ jays A party of jays √ jays A scold of jays Uncertain jays A band of jays √ jellyfish A fluther of jellyfish √ jellyfish A smack of jellyfish √ jewels A cache of jewels √ jugglers A neverthriving of jugglers √ kangaroos A court of kangaroos (see note) Spurious kangaroos A mob of kangaroos √ kangaroos A troop of kangaroos √ keys A ring of keys √ knights A rout of knights √ knights A banner of knights √ ladies A bevy of ladies √ lambs A rack of lambs Spurious lapwings A desert of lapwings √ lapwings A deceit of lapwings √ larks An ascension of larks √ larks An exaltation of larks √ lawyers A huddle of lawyers Uncertain leopards A leap of leopards √ lepers A colony of lepers √ librarians A catalogue of librarians Spurious lions A pride of lions √ lions A sowse of lions √ lions A sault of lions √ lizards A lounge of lizards Spurious locusts A plague of locusts √ lorries A convoy of lorries √ magpies A tiding(s) of magpies √ mallards A sord of mallards √ mallards A lute of mallards Uncertain men A band of (merry) men √ maps An atlas of maps √ martens A richness of martens √ mathematicians A number of mathematicians √ mathematicians A set of mathematicians √ matrons A riches of matrons Uncertain mechanics A clutch of mechanics Spurious meteorologists A shower of meteorologists Spurious midges A bite of midges Uncertain misers A horde of misers Spurious mites A mite of mites Uncertain moles A labour of moles √ moles A company of moles √ moles A movement of moles √ money A wad of money √ riches An embarrassment of riches Uncertain winnings A purse of winnings √ monitors A bank of monitors √ monks An abomination of monks (see note) Uncertain monkeys A tribe of monkeys √ monkeys A mission of monkeys √ mosquitoes A scourge of mosquitoes √ mountains A range of mountains √ mice A nest of mice √ mice A mischief of mice √ mudhen A fleet of mudhen Uncertain mules A barren of mules √ mules A Rake of mules √ natives A tribe of natives √ nightingales A watch of nightingales √ nouns A collective of nouns √ nudists A hangout of nudists Spurious nuns A superfluity of nuns √ objects A collection of objects √ onlookers A crowd of onlookers √ orthodontists A brace of orthodontists Spurious owls A parliament of owls √ owls A stare of owls √ oxen A team of oxen √ oxen A yoke of oxen √ oxen A span of oxen √ oysters A bed of oysters √ young oysters A set of young oysters √ painters An illusion of painters Uncertain paper A ream of paper (see note) Spurious parrots A pandemonium of parrots Uncertain parrots A company of parrots √ partridges A covey of partridges √ partridges A bew of partridges Uncertain pathologists A body of pathologists Spurious peacocks A pride of peacocks √ peacocks A muster of peacocks √ peacocks An ostentation of peacocks √ pekinese A pomp of pekinese √ penguins A parcel of penguins Uncertain penguins A rookery of penguins Spurious penguins A creche of penguins √ penguins A huddle of penguins √ penguins A colony of penguins √ performers A troupe of performers √ pheasants A covey of pheasants √ pheasants A nye of pheasants √ pheasants A bouquet of pheasants √ philosophers A ponder of philosophers √ physicists A nucleus of physicists Spurious physicians A college of physicians Spurious theoretical physicists A field of theoretical physicists Spurious hogs A parcel of hogs √ hogs A drift of hogs Uncertain hogs A passel of hogs √ piglets A farrow of piglets √ piglets A litter of piglets √ pigs A drove of pigs √ pigs A herd of pigs √ pigs A sounder of pigs √ pigeons A kit of pigeons Uncertain pigeons A loft of pigeons √ pistols A brace of pistols √ plovers A congregation of plovers √ polar bears An aurora of polar bears Uncertain polecats A chine of polecats √ politicians An equivocation of politicians Spurious porpoises A turmoil of porpoises Uncertain possum A passel of possum Uncertain potage A mess of potage Uncertain preachers A converting of preachers √ preachers A pontification of preachers Spurious prelates A pontifica of prelates Uncertain princes A state of princes Uncertain prose An anthology of prose √ harlots A heard of harlots Uncertain prostitutes An anthology of prostitutes (see note) Uncertain psychoanalysts A complex of psychoanalysts Spurious quail A covey of quail √ quail A bevy of quail √ conies A bury of conies √ kittens (rabbits) A wrack of kittens (rabbits) √ rabbits A colony of rabbits √ rabbits A bury of rabbits √ rabbits A nest of rabbits √ raccoons A gaze of raccoons √ rats A pack of rats √ rats A colony of rats √ rats A swarm of rats √ rats A rabble of rats √ ravens An unkindness of ravens √ ravens A conspiracy of ravens √ rebuttals A quiver of rebuttals √ Republicans An oligarchy of Republicans Spurious
rhinoceroses A crash of rhinoceroses √ rooks A building of rooks √ rooks A clamour of rooks √ ruffs A hill of ruffs √ salmon A run of salmon √ salmon A bind of salmon √ sandpipers A fling of sandpipers √ satellites A constellation of satellites Uncertain Scots A disworship of Scots √ Scots A fifth of Scots Spurious sea fowl A cloud of sea fowl √ seagulls A flock of seagulls √ seals A spring of seals √ seals A pod of seals √ seals A plum of seals Uncertain senators A house of senators √ senators A pomposity of senators Spurious servants An obesiance of servants Uncertain lambs A fall of lambs √ sheep A flock of sheep √ sheep A trip of sheep √ sheldrakes A doading of sheldrakes √ sailors A crew of sailors √ ships A flotilla of ships √ ships A fleet of ships √ ships An armada of ships √ snails A rout of snails √ snakes A den of snakes √ snakes A bed of snakes √ snakes A pit of snakes √ snakes A nest of snakes √ snakes A slither of snakes √ snipe A walk of snipe √ snipe A wisp of snipe √ soldiers A company of soldiers √ soldiers A brigade of soldiers √ soldiers A squad of soldiers √ soldiers A platoon of soldiers √ soldiers A division of soldiers √ sparrows A ubiquity of sparrows √ sparrows A quarrel of sparrows √ sparrows A host of sparrows √ spiders A clutter of spiders √ spiders A cluster of spiders √ squirrels A dray of squirrels √ stairs A flight of stairs √ stars A galaxy of stars √ starlings A murmuration of starlings √ sticks A fagot of sticks √ storks A muster of storks √ storks A phalanx of storks Uncertain students A class of students √ swallows A flight of swallows √ swallows A gulp of swallows Spurious swans (flying) A wedge of swans (flying) √ swans A whiteness of swans Uncertain swans A bevy of swans √ swans A bank of swans √ swans An eyrar of swans Uncertain swine A sounder of swine √ swine A drift of swine √ submarines A pack of submarines √ tailors A disguising of tailors Uncertain tasks An agenda of tasks √ teal A spring of teal √ teal A diving of teal √ tennis games A set of tennis games √ tests A battery of tests √ thieves A den of thieves √ thieves A Congress of thieves (see also whore) Spurious things A bunch of things √ thrushes A mutation of thrushes √ tigers A streak of tigers √ tigers An ambush of tigers √ toads A knot of toads √ tourists A flock of tourists √ trash A heap of trash √ trees A grove of trees √ trees A thicket of trees √ trees A stand of trees √ troops A parel of troops √ trout A hover of trout √ trucks A convoy of trucks √ turkeys A rafter of turkeys √ turkeys A raffle of turkeys √ turtles A turn of turtles √ turtles A dule of turtles √ turtles A bale of turtles √ turtledoves A pitying of turtledoves √ unicorns A blessing of unicorns √ vicaries (vicars) A prudence of vicaries (vicars) √ vipers A nest of vipers √ wagers A book of wagers √ walruses A herd of walruses √ walruses An ugly of walruses √ waterfowl A plump of waterfowl √ waterfowl A knob of waterfowl Uncertain weasels A sneak of weasels √ whales A school of whales √ whales A herd of whales √ whales A pod of whales √ whales A gam of whales √ whores A Parliament of whores (also Congress) Spurious widgeon A coil of widgeon √ wikipedians A page of wikipedians √ witches A coven of witches √ wolves A pack of wolves √ wolves A rout of wolves √ women A gaggle of women Uncertain woodpeckers A descent of woodpeckers √ worms A clew of worms Uncertain worshipers A congregation of worshipers √ yeomen A fellowship of yeomen √ zebra A zeal of zebra √ zebra A herd of zebra √ Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of collective nouns by subject I-Z."
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Nominative is a grammatical case for a noun. Nominative marks, generally, the subject of a verb. Nominative cases are found in Latin and Old English, among other languages. English still retains some nominative pronouns, as opposed to accusative: I (accusative me), we (accusative us), he (accusative him), she (accusative her), you (archaic accusative ye) and they (accusative them). An archaic usage is the singular second-person pronoun thou (accusative thee).
Compare accusative case, dative case, ergative case, genitive case, vocative case, ablative case.
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Edward V of England (1470 - 1483?) and Richard, Duke of York, (1473 - 1483?) were the two young princes, sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville, who were declared illegitimate by the act of parliament known as Titulus Regius. Their uncle Richard III of England placed them both in the Tower of London (then a palace as well as a prison) in 1483, and no one knows what happened to them after that, although they are presumed to have been killed there.Three major suspects have been identified, and the arguments in favour of each potential culprit are, in brief:
Richard had eliminated the princes from the succession. However, his hold on the monarchy was insecure, and the princes remained a threat as long as they were alive. Rumours of their death were in wide circulation by early 1484, but Richard never attempted to prove that they were alive by having them seen in public.
The Duke of Buckingham was Richard's right-hand man and sought personal advantage through the new king. Many regard Buckingham as the likeliest suspect: his execution, after rebelling against Richard in October 1483, might signify that he and the king had fallen out because Buckingham had taken it on himself -- for whatever reason --to dispose of Richard's rival claimants.
King Henry VII of England was undoubtedly a ruthless man, who, following his accession, proceeded to find a legal excuse to execute rival claimants to the throne. He married the princes' eldest sister, Elizabeth of York, to reinforce his hold on the throne, but her right to inherit depended on both her brothers being already dead. Realistically, Henry's only opportunity to murder the princes would have been after his accession in 1485, but it has been suggested that Buckingham, if he was responsible, was acting on Henry's behalf rather than Richard's.
The Croyland Chronicle, Dominic Mancini, and Philippe de Commines all state that the rumour of the princes' death was current in England by the end of 1483. In his summary of the events of 1483, Commines says quite categorically that Richard was responsible for the murder of the princes, but of course he had been present at the meeting of the Estates-General of France in January 1484, when the statement was taken at face value. The other two sources do not suggest who was responsible. Only Mancini's account, written in 1483, is truly contemporary, the other two having been written 3 and 7 years later, respectively. The Great Chronicle, compiled 30 years later from the contemporary London municipal records, says the rumour of the princes' death did not start circulating in London until after Easter of 1484. Historians have speculated, on the basis of these contemporary records, that the rumour that the princes had been murdered was deliberately created to be spread in England as an excuse for the October 1483 attempt of Henry Tudor and Buckingham to seize the throne. If the princes were not already dead by the end of 1483, this of course removes any possibility that Buckingham, who was executed on November 2, 1483, could have murdered them.
No discussion of this episode would be complete without mention of Sir James Tyrrell, the loyal servant of Richard III whose "confession" to having murdered the princes has always been taken with a pinch of salt. It is mentioned by Tudor sources (which, naturally, must be treated with caution) as having taken place in 1502, under torture. A confession under torture would not nowadays be regarded as reliable, and Tyrrell was unable to say where the bodies of the princes were.
In 1674, some workmen remodelling the Tower of London dug up a box containing two small human skeletons. They threw them on a rubbish heap, but some days or weeks later someone decided they might be the bones of the two princes, so they gathered them up and put some of them in an urn that Charles II of England ordered interred in Westminster Abbey. In 1933 the bones were taken out and examined and then replaced in the urn in the vault under the Abbey. The experts who examined them could not agree on what age the children would have been when they died or even whether they were boys or girls. (One skeleton was larger than the other, and many of the bones were missing, including part of the smaller jawbone and all of the teeth from the larger one.)
Why were the princes barred from the throne?
Part of the controversy still surrounding Parliament's ruling that Edward (and his brother Richard) could not be rightful heirs to the throne arises from confusion about why Parliament ruled that their parents' marriage was invalid. There were two separate but related issues:
As a matter of law, the marriage was, indeed, invalid if the story of the precontract between their father and Lady Eleanor Talbot was true. Under both canon law and civil law, a "precontract of marriage" was a promise to marry, and it was enforceable in court as if the promised marriage had actually taken place. (The concept of a "precontract" still exists in law, but it usually arises today in the context of precontracting to make a contract for a business deal, like a sale of property or a corporate merger.) A precontract with Eleanor Talbot would have invalidated the king's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville. This was the law in England, and many other contemporary examples can be pointed to. The purpose of publishing the "banns of marriage", and then asking in the wedding ceremony if anyone knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place, was to prevent marriages that were invalid, because of a precontract or for any other reason. Marrying in "secret" (or "private", which usually meant "not in a church") wedding (without the calling of the banns, as Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville did) was considered virtually an admission that there was a legal impediment. If Parliament was presented with evidence of Edward's marriage to Eleanor Talbot or his precontract to marry her, it was bound to rule that his marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was bigamous, and therefore any children born to them were bastards.
The fact that the princes were technically bastards (following his deposition from the throne, Edward V was referred to by his uncle's followers as the "Lord Bastard") did not necessarily mean they could never inherit -- William the Conqueror was neither the first nor the last bastard to inherit lands and titles. "Bastardy," the legal term for illegitimacy, was a legal status that could be changed by the law, either the law of the church or the law of the state -- as shown by the number of times King Henry VIII changed the status of his children. Parliament could have legitimized the princes and allowed Edward V to remain king, but it used that excuse for what it wanted to do for practical reasons. Boy kings (Henry III, Richard II, Henry VI) had always been disasters for England -- and the Wars of the Roses had been halted by the accession of Edward IV as a capable adult. The Yorkists were in power, and Edward V's numerous Woodville relatives had always been Lancastrians at heart and had already made many enemies. Richard III, on the other hand, was considered the Yorkists' best all-round candidate for the job of king at the time.
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In politics a subject is a person who is subordinate to the rule of a monarch or state. Compare with citizen.
In linguistics, the subject of a verb is the doer of the verb. Compare with object, which is the "doee".
For example: The noun dog is the subject of the following clause:
See also: object, linguistics
- The dog ate corn.
In philosophy, a subject is a being which has experiences or a relationship with another entity (or "object").
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Subj,SUBJ | English | Subject | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SubjectSynonyms: dependent (adj), subject(p) (adj), bailiwick (n), branch of knowledge (n), case (n), content (n), depicted object (n), discipline (n), field (n), field of study (n), guinea pig (n), issue (n), matter (n), national (n), study (n), subject area (n), subject field (n), theme (n), topic (n), subjugate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imagination | Matter; subject, subject matter; argument, text, sum and substance. |
Liability | Adjective: liable, subject; in danger; open to, exposed to, obnoxious to; answerable; unexempt from; apt to; dependent on; incident to. |
Subjection | Break in, tame; subject, subjugate; master; tread down, tread under foot; weigh down; drag at one's chariot wheels; reduce to subjection, reduce to slavery; enthrall, inthrall, bethrall; enslave, lead captive; take into custody; (restrain); rule; drive into a corner, hold at the sword's point; keep under; hold in bondage, hold in leading strings, hold in swaddling clothes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Subject |
| English words defined with "subject": subject case, subject to. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "subject": classified subject catalogue ♦ NATO intelligence subject code ♦ Subject after the Verb, subject bibliography, Subject Headings, subject index ♦ Ventilate a Subject. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "subject": Undeadly. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Subject" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (subject). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Can I just say, to return to the subject for one moment, that it might be easier to fight a war on drugs if we weren't arming drug dealers (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) We hope you found it entertaining, whimsical, and yet relevant, with an underlined revisionist conceit that belie the film's emotional attachments to the subject matter (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner) I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention (Laura; writing credit: Vera Caspary; Jay Dratler) Thank you so much for bringing up such a painful subject. While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice papercut and pour lemon juice on it (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) My chosen specialist subject. I originally planned to go off to London to play a cool jazz tenor saxophone, but somehow I drifted (Oliver's Travels; writing credit: Alan Plater) | |
Lyrics | Let's move with the subject because I came with a (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW) When I'm talking with my friends, you're the subject every time (Feel So High; performing artist: Des'ree) Ways and means are the parts subject to change (Method Of Modern Love; performing artist: Hall & oates) Me and you are subject to the blues now and then (Song Sung Blue; performing artist: Neil Diamond; writing credit: Neil Diamond) At the time, one subject of urban myth was the story that (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Fable of the Low Down Expert on the Subject of Babies (1915) | |
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 | PET scan on an 11-year-old boy with hemophilia and AIDS. Before treatment subject was confused and somnolent. These symptoms were resolved with AZT therapy. The increase in green and red areas after treatment denotes a rise in glucose metabolism, indicating an improvement in brain function. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | This shows a scientist wearing a mask. He seems to be performing a dissection, aided by magnifying glasses. There is also a close-up of the subject (subject of study is unknown). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | After a positive skin test, one is required to have a chest x-ray to see if the subject has the active form of the disease. Credit: CDC. |  | Signal pole on Dinkum Sands - east side of Prudhoe Bay The existence of these sands has been the subject of litigation. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Figure 45. Jacobsen and Paulsen apparatus for the measurement of plankton in a water sample. Devised by Jacob Peter Jacobsen of the Danish Hydrographic Laboratory and Doctor Ove Paulsen, of the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen, in 1910. This instrument was easier to use and less subject to "operator" error than the preceding model. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 21. Model of Hodge's shock absorber or accumulator. This device was invented in 1852 by Richard Edward Hodges. It was used to aid in launching and retrieving heavy objects suspended from cables or ropes, particularly when a vessel is subject to motion if the seas are high. It was first used in oceanographic work off H. M. S. HYDRA in 1867. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | The subject of vaccination discussed before a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences] / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Old and new subject catalog]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Line engraving published in the "Hibernian Magazine", Dublin, Ireland, August 1776. As with most contemporary "Hibernian Magazine" portraits, this is probably a purely fanciful representation of the subject. The engraver also provided an incorrect forename for Hopkins. Credit: NAVY. |  | "Marine Corps Leathernecks with the 1st Marine Division in Korea are subject to outdoor advertising of a not particularly persuasive type these days. As enemy positions are overrun, signs such as the ones in this photograph, taken by Marine Corps Combat photographers, are found. It's a new kind of recruiting for the Communist Peoples Volunteer Force -- but Communist recruiting officers reports are strangely silent as to the success of the current campaign." Quoted from the original caption released with this p. Credit: NAVY; photo by Commander, Naval Forces Far East under date of 11 May 1951. Note the Marine's goggles and M-1 carbine.. |
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| "Beach boy" by Jp Vooys Commentary: "Moving subject matter. great color." | "Hungarian Vase" by Craig Young Commentary: "I had to buy this, unusual and looks different from every angle. Camera set for standard light bulb. Subject lit from side 60w and diffused with 40w from above to soften shaddow on yellow card." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Cato | Grasp the subject, the words will follow. |
Frederick I | An emperor is subject to no one but God and Justice. |
Jean Paul Richter | Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. |
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne | Man in sooth is a marvelous vain, fickle, and unstable subject. |
Peter F. Drucker | When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. |
Richard M. Nixon | A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. |
Samuel Johnson | Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression. |
William Shakespeare | Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying! |
Winston Churchill | A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Every one is born a subject to his father, or his prince, and is therefore under the perpetual tie of subjection and allegiance. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 7: Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is not therefore to be lost sight of in the further consideration of this subject. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | All property relations in the past have continually been subject to historical change consequent upon the change in historical conditions. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Such plans shall be subject to reconsideration and revision at least every ten years. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The wants and sufferings of the poor family, however, were the first subject on meeting |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Sylvie discreetly changed the subject. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | During these halts Stephen stood awkwardly behind the two men, weary of the subject and waiting restlessly for the slow march to begin again |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | Dad's voice was a midnight school, teaching deep fathom hours, and the subject was life |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | James Tyrrel, and your most obedient subject. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ruthie stared at the ground in embarrassment, and changed the subject. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He added, that he had heard too much upon the subject of war, both in this and some former discourses |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This question has been the subject of public debate. (references) | |
Low birthweight itself is also the subject of extensive research. (references) | ||
Like any other organ, skin is subject to wear and tear, injury, and aging. (references) | ||
Business | Building trust is a critical subject. (references) | |
Non E.U.-imported products are subject to import duties. (references) | ||
Tariff rates are subject to change annually (in January). (references) | ||
Children | Laos | Violence against children is prohibited by law, and violators are subject to stiff punishments. (references) |
Congo | Street children in Kinshasa were subject to severe harassment and exploitation, particularly by soldiers and police. (references) | |
Australia | Physicians who performed such procedures without court authorization were subject to both criminal and civil action. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | Offending writers are subject to lawsuits and fines. (references) |
Bangladesh | Foreign publications are subject to review and censorship. (references) | |
Iraq | Many foreigners thus become subject to travel restrictions. (references) | |
Economic History | Czech Rep | Both are subject to the same tax codes and laws. (references) |
Poland | A franchise is subject to general commercial law. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Some crops are also subject to export restrictions. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | Its decisions are not subject to review. (references) |
Mozambique | Drug cases are subject to a special regime. (references) | |
Malaysia | Witnesses are subject to cross-examination. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | The lands are the subject of a civil action by private landowners. (references) |
Thailand | Those residing in national parks or wildlife sanctuaries are subject to eviction. (references) | |
Mexico | The indigenous population has been long subject to discrimination, repression, and marginalization. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | Other foreigners also were subject to discrimination. (references) |
Romania | The Romani population continued to be subject to societal discrimination. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Followers of traditional indigenous religions are subject to societal discrimination. (references) | |
Political Economy | Lebanon | The courts are subject to political pressure. (references) |
COSTA RICA | Car bumpers are subject to strength requirements. (references) | |
THE BAHAMAS | The approved goods are not subject to any export tax. (references) | |
Political Rights | Armenia | Some local officials are corrupt and subject to pressure. (references) |
Belgium | Voting in all elections is compulsory, and failure to vote is subject to a nominal fine. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | His appointment of the Prime Minister, but not of cabinet members, is subject to parliamentary consent. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | The CF is subject to VAT. (references) |
Sweden | E-commerce is subject to customs duty. (references) | |
Georgia | Trade in gold is subject to licensing. (references) | |
Travel | Ukraine | Any undeclared items are subject to confiscation. (references) |
Ghana | Anything below this is subject to tax at progressive rates. (references) | |
Honduras | The telegraphic service charge is subject to a 12% sales tax. (references) | |
Women | Russia | Women are subject to age-based discrimination. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Jewish women are subject to the military draft. (references) | |
Malaysia | Non-Muslim women are subject to civil (secular) law. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Slovenia | The women reportedly are subject to violence. (references) |
Malawi | Illegal foreign workers are subject to deportation. (references) | |
Cameroon | Registered unions were subject to government interference. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or yourself. A lady with one of her ears applied To an open keyhole heard, inside, Two female gossips in converse free -- The subject engaging them was she. "I think," said one, "and my husband thinks That she's a prying, inquisitive minx!" As soon as no more of it she could hear The lady, indignant, removed her ear. "I will not stay," she said, with a pout, "To hear my character lied about!" Gopete Sherany |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | Senator, let me switch the subject. You have made an impassioned plea for disclosure today, in talking about the president and the vice president. |
Donald Rumsfeld | I'm involved, in the sense that I just came from a National Security Council meeting where the subject was the Middle east, for the most part. And I talk to the president, the vice president, the secretary of state on those subjects. |
John Ashcroft | I don't want to provide a specific time during which he'll be in the United States, but I expect him to be here shortly. He is the subject of a complaint filed in the eastern district of Virginia and he will be brought to justice. |
Senator Carl Levin | Well, I think Saddam would do anything to change the subject, basically. He'll delay, he'll slow-walk. So it's possible he would invite inspectors and then remove them, or find some excuse. Anything's possible with him. |
William Shatner | Totally off the cuff. It is something that you would be very familiar with. It has been called a great interview. And that's essentially what it is. We interview each other, and the subject matter at hand, we both riff on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | When received, the subject will without delay be placed before Congress. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Further information on this subject will be communicated in the course of the session. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | How far it can be relieved, otherwise than by time, is a subject of important consideration. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Connected with this subject, I must recommend a revisal of our consular laws. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and 'well' upon this whole subject. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Under a despotism the law may be imposed upon the subject. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Businessmen are entitled therefore to a clear statement of the policy of the Government on the subject. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Even the best of government is subject to the worst of hazards. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | There isn't time tonight for a lengthy treatment of foreign policy--a subject I intend to address in detail in the near future. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Some may say it is simply because the President and his wonderful wife have been obsessed with this subject for more years than they can recall. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Subject" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.54% of the time. "Subject" is used about 14,447 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) | 99.54% | 14,381 | 642 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.31% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.08% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.06% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14,447 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "subject": a ticklish subject ♦ arguments around a subject ♦ be a subject of ♦ be subject ♦ be subject of ♦ be subject to ♦ be subject to hallucinations ♦ be uninspired by a subject ♦ bring up the subject ♦ british subject ♦ broach a subject ♦ canvass a subject ♦ change the subject ♦ clarify the subject ♦ classified subject catalogue ♦ compulsory subject ♦ controversial subject ♦ data subject ♦ deal with a subject ♦ delicate subject ♦ deviate from the subject ♦ discuss a subject ♦ do justice to a subject ♦ dry subject ♦ exhaust a subject ♦ expand on a subject ♦ facultative subject ♦ general introduction to the subject ♦ glance off a subject ♦ go into a subject ♦ go into a subject at length ♦ handle a subject ♦ he jumps from one subject to another ♦ indexing by free subject headings ♦ it is his pet subject ♦ jump from one subject to onother ♦ keep of a subject to the provisions of ♦ lead the debate to the main subject ♦ let's return to the subject ♦ liege subject ♦ main subject ♦ nato intelligence subject code ♦ off the subject ♦ on a given subject ♦ optional subject ♦ pet subject ♦ practical subject ♦ required subject ♦ secondary subject ♦ shed light on a subject ♦ short subject ♦ sore subject ♦ special subject ♦ subject a country ♦ subject area ♦ subject bibliography ♦ subject block ♦ subject case ♦ subject catalogue ♦ subject country ♦ subject dependent ♦ subject features ♦ subject field ♦ subject filing ♦ subject for rejoicing ♦ subject heading ♦ Subject Headings ♦ subject index ♦ subject matter ♦ subject of contention ♦ subject of discussion ♦ subject smb. to criticism ♦ subject subject topredicate ♦ subject to ♦ subject to a charge ♦ subject to a toll ♦ subject to alteration ♦ subject to approval ♦ subject to change ♦ subject to change without notice ♦ subject to charges ♦ subject to collection ♦ subject to control ♦ subject to correction ♦ subject to discussion ♦ subject to duty ♦ subject to inspection ♦ subject to landslides ♦ subject to law ♦ subject to liability ♦ subject to modifications ♦ subject to tax ♦ subject to the approval of ♦ subject to the laws of nature ♦ subject to the provisions of ♦ subject to your consent ♦ subsidiary subject ♦ take up a subject ♦ talk round the subject ♦ tap a subject ♦ teacher in a practical subject. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "subject": subject-agent, subject-area, subject-areas, subject-based, subject-before-predicate, subject-by-subject, subject-catalogue, subject-category, subject-centred, subject-changing, subject-class, subject-classifications, subject-department, subject-dependent, subject-disciplines, subject-divisions, subject-driven, subject-employment, subject-expert, subject-free, subject-headings, subject-independent, subject-index, subject-inspired, subject-less, Subject-matter, subject-matters, subject-object, subject-objectivity, Subject-object-verb, subject-of-science, subject-only, subject-orientated, subject-orientation, subject-oriented, subject-oriented programming, subject-paced, subject-predicate, subject-prominent, subject-related, subject-sitter, subject-specialist, subject-specific, subject-teacher, subject-teaching, subject-verb, Subject-verb-object, subject-victim. | |
Ending with "subject": dual-subject, multi-subject, single-subject, within-subject. | |
Containing "subject": non-subject-specific. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "subject"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | onderwerp (theme, topic). (various references) | |
Albanian | subjekt (plot, topic), temë (argument, burden, heading, subject matter, theme, topic), person (beggar, body, case, chap, contact, dude, fella, fellow, fish, flesh and blood, guy, hand, individual, party, person, persona, personage, piece), nënshtroj (enslave, master, reduce, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, vanquish), nënshtetas, lëndë (copy, course, material, matter, stuff, substance, theme), i varur (ancillary, baggy, conditional, dangling, dependant, dependent, depending, flagging, hanging, in suspense, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile, slavish, suspended), i nënshtruar (deferred, passive, reduced, servile, slavish, submissive, subordinate, under, yielding), i kushtuar (dedicated, oblate), i ekspozuar ndaj, çështje (affair, business, case, cause, concern, count, issue, matter, point, problem, question, shebang). (various references) | |
Arabic | عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, demo, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang, hang out, hold out, imply, indication, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, setting, show, state, statement, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), شخص تدرس إنفعالات, رعية (citizens), أطاع (comply, conform, enforce, mind, obey), الرعية, التابع (client, dependent, man, serf, subordinate, vassal), المرؤوس (inferior, subordinate), باب (affair, chapter, door, entry, field, gate, hatch, issue, kind, matter, port, rubric, section, sort, source), خضع (bend, bow, compel, conquer, hew, knuckle under, kowtow, reclaim, reduce, steady, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, succumb, throw in one's hand, undergo, wash, yield), موضوع دراسي, تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, get on, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, pursue, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, sub, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under one's thumb, underlying, urge, vassal), مرؤوس (inferior, subordinate, underlying), مأمور (magistrate, officer), معرض ل, مسند (attribute, back, cushion, pillow, predicable, predicate, predicative, rest), موضوع (item, matter, motif, object, question, theme, topic), خاضع (dependent, liable, submissive, subordinate, subsidiary, tributary). (various references) | |
Asturian | asignatura. (various references) | |
Bemba | amasambililo. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | зависим (adjective, contingent, dependant, dependent, subordinate, tributary), излагам (bring on reproach, display, enunciate, exhibit, expose, expound, formulate, hang, lay, lay out, propound, put forward, put to, recount, represent to smb., set out, set up, show, show off, sink, state, ventilate), имащ тенденция, пациент (inmate, patient), подлог, поданик (citizen, liege, liege man, national), подчинен (ancillary, dependant, dependent, inferior, sidekick, sub, sub-, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal), подчинявам (bend, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, subdue, subordinate, tame, tie down, vanquish), повод (cause, ground, halter, handle, motive, occasion, peg, reason, rein, room, signal), покорявам (bring under, captivate, subdue, subjugate, vanquish, win), причина (account, cause, excuse, factor, occasion, parent, reason, room, score, spring, why), дисциплина (discipline, order, orderliness), представям за обсъждане, сюжет (plot, story), мотив (figure, grounds, inducement, motif, motive, pattern, spring, tune), основание (basis, cause, foundation, ground, grounds, merits, occasion, reason, warrant, warranty), гражданин (cad, citizen, national, oppidan, townee, townsman), тема (area, argument, chapter, message, motif, motive, subject matter, text, theme, topic), тематика, труп (body, cadaver, carcase, corpse, corpus, log, nog, stiff, torso, trunk), човек (being, bloke, bod, body, fellow, figure, guy, head, homo, human, human being, individual, Jack, Johnny, joker, liver, Mac, man, person, piece, thing, type, Wight, you), склонен (affected, given, inclinable, inclined, intent, minded, prone, ready, set, willed, willing), учебен предмет, субект (individual, joker, person), предмет (article, object, subject matter, thing). (various references) | |
Cebuano | sabdyek. (various references) | |
Chamorro | suheta. (various references) | |
Chinese | 課 (class, lesson), 議題 (issue, topic, topic of discussion), 話題 (topic), 題目 (title, topic), 題 (honest, to inscribe, to superscribe, topic, upright), 科目 , 科 (branch, branch of medicine, division, family, field), 標題 (caption, heading, headline, title), 學科 (branch of learning, course), 主語 , 主詞 , 主题 (motif, thematic), 主體 (main part), 主題 (theme). (various references) | |
Czech | subjekt, státní příslušník (citizen, national), specializace (specialization), podrobit (overwhelm, remit, subdue, undergo), obèan (citizen, inhabitant, national), obor (department, discipline, field, line, province, specialization, sphere), případ (case, episode, event, instance, occurrence), předmìt (article, item, matter, object, thing), poddaný (tributary), disciplína (discipline), podmìt, zotroèený (enslaved), téma (subject matter, text, theme, topic), ujařmený, vystavit (display, exhibit, expose, issue, lay out, set up, subject to), podložit (bolster, underlay, underset, wedge). (various references) | |
Danish | emne (theme, topic). (various references) | |
Dutch | onderwerp (article, object, theme, thing, topic), subject, stof (cloth, dust, material, matter, stuff, substance, theme, topic). (various references) | |
Esperanto | subjekto, temo (theme, topic). (various references) | |
Faeroese | lærugrein, evni (matter, stuff, substance, theme, topic). (various references) | |
Farsi | مبتدا, درخطر, درمعرض (Disposable), درمعرض نهاد, شخص (Cove, Dude, Figure, Guy, Individual, Man, One, Person, Specimen), شیی (Object, Substance), تحت (Sub, Under), بودن یاقراردادن , تحت کنترل دراوردن (Curb), فاعل (Doer), مبحث (Topic), مادون (Below, Sub, Subordinate), مطلب (Theme, Thought), مطیع کردن (Reduce, Subdue, Subjugate), موضوع (Head, Issue, Motif, Object, Point, Problem, Proposition, Question, Text, Theme, Topic), موضوع مطالعه , فرد (Azygos, Individual, Odd, Single, Singular, Specimen, Unique, Unit), تحت تسلط (Under). (various references) | |
Finnish | aihe (cause, germ, motif, reason, theme, topic). (various references) | |
French | sujet. (various references) | |
French Canadian | propos. (various references) | |
Frisian | tema (theme, topic), fak (branch, compartment, department, handicraft, occupation, pigeonhole, section, speciality, trade). (various references) | |
German | Subjekt (character, customer), Thema (matter, motion, theme, topic), gegenstand (article, item, matter, object, theme, thing, topic). (various references) | |
Greek | θέμα (issue, matter, text, theme, thesis, topic), υποκείμενο (person). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקצוע (avocation, branch, calling, metier, occupation, profession, trade, vocation, walks of life), לכפוף (bend, bow down, compel, curve, incline, stoop), להכניע (humble, overpower, overwhelm, quell, subdue, subjugate, subordinate), ענין (affair, business, case, concern, context, interest, matter, shebang, stake, thing), חומר (compound, element, ingredient, material, matter, mortar, sermon, stuff, substance), אזרח (citizen, civilian, denizen, native), כפוף (bent, bowed, bowing, crooked, flection, flexion, hunched up, inclined, reclinate, subordinate, subordination, subservient), סוגיה (issue, problem), סוביקט, נתין, נושאי (thematic), נושא (boom, motif, theme, thesis, topic), נוטה (apt, bent, given, inclined, prone). (various references) | |
Hungarian | téma (argument, issue, matter, referent, subject matter, subject-matter, text, theme, topic), tárgy (chose, matter, object, purport, referent, subject-matter, theme, thing, topic), alattvaló (dependant, dependent), állampolgár (citizen). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tunduk (compliant), pokok (centre, essence, main, underlying), persoalan (issue, problem, trouble), pelaku (actor, agent, doer, performer), pelajaran (lesson, training). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | iliniarutaujuq. (various references) | |
Italian | soggetto (apt, dependant, dependent, liable, matter, prone, theme, topic), tema (composition, essay, motif, subject matter, theme, topic), argomento (arg, argument, case, copy, matter, object, plea, point, question, reason, text, theme, topic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 画題 (motif, theme), 主体 (main constituent), 主題 (motif, theme), 主観 (ego, subjectivity), 主観的 (ego, subjectivity), 主辞 (topic), 主語 , サフラン擬 (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily), 件名 (term, title), 内容 (contents, detail, import, matter, substance), 内容 (contents, matter), 案件 (matter in question), 標記 (title), 文題 (theme), 対象 (object, target), 被験者 (testee), 課目 (course, curriculum), 臣民 (national), 臣民 (national), 話題 (topic), 話題 (topic), 教科 (curriculum), 話柄 (topic), 種 (cause, copy, inside story, kind, material, matter, pip, quality, secret, seed, source, species, theme, tone, trick, variety), 被写体 , 論題 (theme), 題材 (theme), 題 (theme, title, topic), 科目 (course, curriculum), 課題 (task, theme), 話頭 (topic). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひしゃたい, だいざい (grave sin, serious crime, theme), けんめい (eagerness, earnestness, intelligence, prudence, risking one's life, term, title, wisdom), サブジェクト , わだい (topic), わとう (topic), わへい (peace, topic), ろんだい (theme), あんけん (matter in question), かだい (a tentative title, abutment, excessive, frame, name of poem, stand, stand for flower vase, task, theme, too much, unreasonable), かもく (course, curriculum, shy, silent, Tuesdays and Thursdays), ぶんだい (theme), だい (brotherly affection, charge, cost, faithful service to those older, ordinal, price, rack, stand, support, table, theme, title, topic, younger brother), ひょうき (address, declare, ice age, inscribing on the face of, list, marking flag, publish, title), たいしょう (a caravan, admiral, antithesis, big prize, boss, comparison, contrast, crushing victory, first prize, general, great victory, hearty laugh, imperial rescript, loud laughter, object, specific, symmetry, Taisho Era, target), しんみん (national), きょうか (bridge girder, civilization, comictanka, culture, curriculum, education, intensify, reinforce, solidify, strengthen), しゅだい (motif, swelling, the opening phrase of a letter or notice, theme), しゅじ (director, manager, secretary, topic), しゅご (protection, safeguard), しゅかん (chief editor, ego, letter, management, manager, managing editor, subjectivity, supervision, supervisor), しゅかんてき (ego, subjectivity), しゅたい (main constituent), ないよう (contents, detail, import, internal use, matter, private business, substance), がだい (motif, theme), たね (cause, copy, inside story, issue, kind, material, matter, offspring, paternal blood, pip, quality, secret, seed, source, theme, tone, trick, variety), ひけんしゃ (testee). (various references) | |
Korean | 주제 (motif, thematic, theme). (various references) | |
Macedonian | predmet. (various references) | |
Manx | theay (common people, general public, hoi polloi, laity, layman, peasantry, plebs, populace), smaghtaghey (afflict, castigation, chasten, chastening, chastisement, check, control, correct, correct as child, discipline, govern, master, mortify, overmaster, restrain, taming), kione y raa, injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, debase, defer, degradation, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subdue, submit, subordinate, subordination, turn down, vulgarization, vulgarize), cur fo smaght (bring under, discipline, repress), biallagh (docile, dutiful, obedient person, submissive). (various references) | |
Maori | tikanga. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubjectsay.(various references) | |
Polish | temat (theme, topic). (various references) | |
Portuguese | assunto (affair, article, business, business deal, case, concernment, dead set, full stop, material, matter, motif, object, palaver, point, proposition, question, shebang, subject-matter, text, theme, thing, topic), sujeito (beggar, bloke, bound, bugger, cod, guy, individual, lazarus). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | assunto. (various references) | |
Provencal | matèria. (various references) | |
Romanian | supus (acquiescent, compliant, duteous, dutiful, dutifully, humble, meek, meekly, obedient, obediential, passive, submissive, submissively, supple, tame, yielding), supune la, subjugat, subjuga (bend, captivate, conquer, enslave, master, overmaster, subdue, subjugate, yoke), subiect (cause, copy, fable, material, patient, plot, reason, record, theme, topic), persoanã (body, crackajack, cuss, head, individual, man, party, person, self, soul), cauzã (account, bottom, call, cause, consideration, ground, induction, motive, reason, root, score, wherefore, whys), chestiune (affair, business, discussion, matter, problem, question, thing, work), cuceri (bear, captivate, carry, catch, conquer, fetch, gain, seize, subdue, subjugate, take, vanquish, win), dependent (adjective, appendant, appurtenant, paternalized), expune la, individ (bird, bloke, body, character, cove, cuss, customer, devil, dog, egg, fellow, guy, individual, individuality, man, merchant, odd fish, party, perisher, person, queer fish, self, specimen, strange fish, Wight), materie (domain, fabric, material, matter, sphere, stuff, substance), motiv (account, call, cause, consideration, ground, impulse, motive, occasion, reason, score, spring, wherefore, whys), înrobit, om (fellow, human, husband, individual, Jack, male, man, my man, person, somebody, soul, spouse), vorbã (accent, agreement, discussion, gossip, peep, pepper, rumor, rumour, say, saying, story, talk, word, words), prilej (job, matter, occasion, reason, time), temã (chapter, exercise, frame, lesson, melody, stem, task, theme, topic), tematic, obiect (article, cause, implement, object, reason, thing). (various references) | |
Russian | субъект (bozo), содержание (allowance, content, contents, effect, keeping, maintenance, purport, separate maintenance), тема (burden, chapter, subject matter, subject-matter, theme, themes, topic), предмет (article, half-pounder, object, thing, widget), причина (cause, ground, reason, reason for, root, score, wherefores), подчинять (subdue, subdues, subjugate, subordinate), подчиненный (dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, offspring, parent-offspring, servient, subaltern, subdued, subordinate, subservient, under), подопытный (experimental, subject to an experiment), подлежащее, подлежащий, подданный. (various references) | |
Samoan | mataupu. (various references) | |
Scottish | ceann-teagaisg (text), cùis (affair, business, business deal, case, cause, cause : cùis-eagail, matter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | subjekat, stvar (affair, article, case, cause, matter, object, shebang, thing), siže (topic), tema (lemma, subject matter, theme, topic), predmet (article, case, item, lemma, material, object, topic), potčinjen (ancillary, subdued), potčiniti (bend, master, subdue, subjugate, submit), podvrgnuti (expose), podložan (actionable, liable, susceptible), podanik (citizen, vassal), izložiti (display, exhibit, expose, expound, subject to, submit, treat). (various references) | |
Slovene | predmet. (various references) | |
Spanish | tema (mania, motif, obsession, subject matter, text, theme, topic), asunto (affair, business, business deal, case, concern, gimmick, issue, item, matter, palaver, thing, topic), asignatura. (various references) | |
Swedish | subjekt (principal), undersåte (national), föremål (article, items, object, thing), ämne (body, field, material, matter, question, study, stuff, subject matter, substance, termination, theme, topic). (various references) | |
Thai | นำไปสู่ (level at), สาขาวิชา, ทำให้อยู่ใต้อำนาจ, อยู่ใต้บังคับบัญชา, หัวข้อ (theme), ประชากร, ประธานของประโยค, ซึ่งขึ้นอยู่กับ, มีแนวโน้ม (look). (various references) | |
Turkish | sebep (account, causation, cause, consideration, ground, inducement, occasion, reason, why), söz konusu (topic), karşı karşıya olan (subject to), çektirmek (cause to draw, grind, grind down, grind out, serve, torture, visit), özne, bağımlı (addict, addicted, clinging, confirmed, dependent, freak, given to, habitual, hooked, in the bondage of vice, interdependent, inveterate, linked, subsidiary), bağlı (adherent, adhesive, affiliated, amenable, appurtenant, attached, banded, bonded, bound, cohesive, conditional, conjoint, connected, consequent, corded, dependant, dependent, devoted, faithful, germane, hooked, incidental, laced, observant, related, subject to, subordinate, tied, under), boyun eğdirmek (force to submit, overpower, subdue, subjugate), branş (branch, major, province), denek (experimental, guinea pig, reagent, test subject), ders (class, example, lecture, lesson, morals, object lesson, one in the eye, teaching, training), eğilimi olan (disposed to, subject to), etmek (achieve, act, add up to, aggregate, carry out, cost, do, get, have, make, pay, perform, practice, practise, render, say, send, step, take, tender, total), fail (doer, maker, perpetrator, principal), hastalığa eğilimi olan kimse, çeken (pulling, subject to, suffering), kadavra (cadaver, carcase, carcass, corpse, dead body), vatandaş (citizen, compatriot, country woman, countryman, countrywoman, fellow countryman, fellow countrywoman, man in the street, national), kobay (cavy, guinea pig), konu (affair, argument, business, head, heading, issue, matter, point, Res, shebang, subject matter, text, theme, thing, topic), konu olan şey, maruz (exposed, submitted), maruz bırakmak (expose, subjugate), mecbur etmek (coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, force, obligate, oblige, pin, pin down, railroad, railroad into doing, reduce), mevzu (subject matter, topic), tabi (dependant, dependent, linked, subject to, subordinate), tema (leitmotif, leitmotiv, plot, theme, topic), uyruk (citizen, nationality, vassal), husus (case, matter, particular, particularity, point). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tema (r) (theme). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сюжет (chapter, intrigue, plot), схильний (addicted, apt, disposed, given, inclinable, inclined, liable, minded, predisposed, prone, rife, tendent), об'єкт (not-self, object, target), залежний (adjective, dependent, feudatory, reliant, subordinate, vassal), підкоряти (bend, conquer, oppress, subdue, subjugate), підкорений (subdued), піддавати (commit, submit), представляти (deputize, represent), предмет (article, body, chapter, object, stuff, teaching), привід (alibi, cause, cloak, grievance, handle, occasion, pretence, pretense, pretext, salvo), дисципліна (discipline). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vấn đề dân, tuỳ theo (according), lệ thuộc (ancillary), khó tránh khỏi, không độc lập, chủ đề (lord, matter, topic), bị chinh phục phải chịu, ở dưới quyền. (various references) | |
Welsh | testun (text, theme), pwnc (point, question), gwrthrych (object), goddrych, deiliad (tenant), darostwng (abase, humble, humiliate, lower, subdue). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | thema. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | causa, causae, causam, causas, causis, famula, famulae, famulam, famulas, famuli, famulis, famulo, famulorum, famulos, famulum, famulus, scola, subditus, subdo, subiunxit, subjectum, thema. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | suget, subget. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 13, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dio anagkh upotassesqai ou monon dia thn orghn alla kai dia thn suneidhsin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ideo necessitate subditi estote non solum propter iram sed et propter conscientiam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forþy is hit niedðearflic þæt ge eow æt onwealde underhnigað, nat ane for mihtelic witan ac eacswa for ingeðance. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And therfor bi nede be ye suget, not oneli for wraththe, but also for conscience. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not for feare of vengeaunce only: but also because of conscience. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 13, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Busa kinahanglan magpasakop ka nga masinugtanon dili lamang aron sa paglikay sa kapungot sa Dios, kondili usab tungod sa matarung nga kaisipan. |
| Croatian | Treba se stoga podlagati, ne samo zbog gnjeva nego i zbog savjesti. |
| Danish | Derfor er det nødvendigt at underordne sig, ikke alene for Straffens Skyld, men også for Samvittighedens. |
| Dutch | Daarom is het nodig onderworpen te zijn, niet alleen om der straffe, maar ook om des gewetens wil. |
| Finnish | Siksi tulee olla alamainen, ei ainoastaan rangaistuksen tähden, vaan myös omantunnon tähden. |
| French | Il est donc nécessaire d`être soumis, non seulement par crainte de la punition, mais encore par motif de conscience. |
| German | Darum ist's not, untertan zu sein, nicht allein um der Strafe willen, sondern auch um des Gewissens willen. |
| Hungarian | Annakokáért szükség engedelmeskedni, nem csak a haragért, hanem a lelkiismeretért is. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Itu sebabnya Saudara harus taat kepada pemerintah--bukan hanya karena Saudara tidak mau dihukum, tetapi juga karena suara hati nuranimu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Oleh sebab itu wajiblah menaklukkan diri, bukan sahaja oleh sebab kemurkaan itu, melainkan oleh sebab perasaan hati juga. |
| Maori | Koia i takoto ai te tikanga kia ngohengohe koutou, ehara i te mea he whakaaro kau ki te riri, engari ki ta te hinengaro ano hoki. |
| Norwegian | Derfor er det nødvendig å være lydig mot den, ikke bare for straffens skyld, men også for samvittighetens. |
| Portuguese | Pelo que é necessário que lhe estejais sujeitos, não somente por causa da ira, mas também por causa da consciência. |
| Rumanian | Deaceea trebuie sq fiyi supuwi nu numai de frica pedepsei, ci wi din kndemnul cugetului. |
| Shuar | Nu asamtai akupin tuke umirkatniuiti. Aya Asutiuáwain tusar umirkashtiniaitji. Antsu shiir Enentáijiai wekasatin umirkatniuiti. |
| Swahili | Kwa hiyo ni lazima kuwatii wenye mamlaka, si tu kwa sababu ya kuogopa ghadhabu ya Mungu, bali pia kwa sababu dhamiri inadai hivyo. |
| Swedish | Därför måste man vara den underdånig, icke allenast för vredesdomens skull, utan ock för samvetets skull. |
| Uma | Toe pai' kana mengkoru-ta hi hawa' topoparenta. Mengkoru-ta bona neo' -ta rahuku'. Aga meliu ngkai toe, mengkoru-ta apa' ta'inca hi rala nono-ta, toe-mi to masipato' tababehi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "subject": subjected, subjecting, subjection, subjections, subjective, subjectively, subjectiveness, subjectivenesses, subjectives, subjectivise, subjectivised, subjectivises, subjectivising, subjectivism, subjectivisms, subjectivist, subjectivistic, subjectivists, subjectivities, subjectivity, subjectivization, subjectivizations, subjectivize, subjectivized, subjectivizes, subjectivizing, subjectless, subjects. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "subject": nonsubject. (additional references) | |
Words containing "subject": intersubjective, intersubjectively, intersubjectivities, intersubjectivity, nonsubjective, nonsubjects. (additional references) | |
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"Subject" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sabji, subect, subjecy, subjest, subjet, sujet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "subject" (pronounced subje"kt or su"bjikt) |
| 4 | -j e" k t | deject, eject, inject, interject, reject. |
| 3 | -e" k t | affect, bedecked, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, detect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disrespect, dissect, effect, elect, erect, expect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inspect, interconnect, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, perfect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reinspect, respect, resurrect, sect, select, suspect, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
| 3 | -i k t | conflict, convict, imperfect, edict, mimicked, panicked, verdict. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-j-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: butes, cubes, cutes, jubes, jutes, scute, tubes. | |
-3 letters: best, bets, bust, bute, buts, cube, cubs, cues, cute, cuts, ecus, jest, jets, jube, just, jute, juts, scut, sect, stub, suet, tube, tubs. | |
-4 letters: bet, bus, but, cub, cue, cut, ecu, jet, jeu, jus, jut, sec, set, sub, sue, tub, use, uts. | |
-5 letters: be, es, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-j-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: subjects. | |
+2 letters: subjacent, subjected. | |
+3 letters: nonsubject, subjecting, subjection, subjective, subproject. | |
+4 letters: bluejackets, justiciable, nonsubjects, subjacently, subjections, subjectives, subjectless, subjunctive, subprojects. | |
+5 letters: subjectively, subjectivise, subjectivism, subjectivist, subjectivity, subjectivize, subjunctives. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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