English to English adjective
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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possibly accepting or permitting |  | Example: a passage capable of misinterpretation open to interpretation an issue open to question the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
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being under the power or sovereignty of another or others |  | Example: subject peoples a dependent prince
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likely to be affected by something |  | Example: the bond is subject to taxation he is subject to fits of depression
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the subject matter of a conversation or discussion |  | Example: he didn't want to discuss that subject it was a very sensitive topic his letters were always on the theme of love
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something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation |  | Example: a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
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a branch of knowledge |  | Example: in what discipline is his doctorate? teachers should be well trained in their subject anthropology is the study of human beings
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some situation or event that is thought about |  | Example: he kept drifting off the topic he had been thinking about the subject for several years it is a matter for the police
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(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated |  | source: wordnet30
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a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation |  | Example: the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
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a person who owes allegiance to that nation |  | Example: a monarch has a duty to his subjects
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(logic) the first term of a proposition |  | source: wordnet30
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That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to |  | Example: He subjected me to his awful poetry The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation
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make accountable for |  | Example: He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
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make subservient; force to submit or subdue |  | source: wordnet30
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refer for judgment or consideration |  | Example: The lawyers submitted the material to the court
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To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. |  | source: webster1913
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