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subject
noun
1 subject
The subject matter of a conversation or discussion:
— He didn't want to discuss that subject.
synonyms: theme, topic.
Roget 746:
subject,
liegeman†;
servant,
retainer,
follower,
henchman,
servitor,
domestic,
menial,
help,
lady help,
employe,
attache;
official.
retinue,
suite,
cortege,
staff,
court.
attendant,
squire,
usher,
page,
donzel†,
footboy†;
train bearer,
cup bearer;
waiter,
lapster†,
butler,
livery servant,
lackey,
footman,
flunky,
flunkey,
valet,
valet de chambre [Fr.];
equerry,
groom;
jockey,
hostler,
ostler†,
tiger,
orderly,
messenger,
cad,
gillie†,
herdsman,
swineherd;
barkeeper,
bartender;
bell boy,
boots,
boy,
counterjumper†;
khansamah†,
khansaman†;
khitmutgar†;
yardman.
bailiff,
castellan†,
seneschal,
chamberlain,
major-domo†,
groom of the chambers.
secretary;
under secretary,
assistant secretary;
clerk;
subsidiary;
agent
etc.
758;
subaltern;
underling,
understrapper;
man.
maid,
maidservant;
handmaid;
confidente [Fr.],
lady's maid,
abigail,
soubrette;
amah†,
biddy,
nurse,
bonne [Fr.],
ayah†;
nursemaid,
nursery maid,
house maid,
parlor maid,
waiting maid,
chamber maid,
kitchen maid,
scullery maid;
femme de chambre [Fr.],
femme fille [Fr.];
camarista†;
chef de cuisine,
cordon bleu [Fr.],
cook,
scullion,
Cinderella;
potwalloper†;
maid of all work,
servant of all work;
laundress,
bedmaker†;
journeyman,
charwoman
etc.
(worker)
690;
bearer,
chokra†,
gyp
(Cambridge),
hamal†,
scout
(Oxford).
serf,
vassal,
slave,
negro,
helot;
bondsman,
bondswoman†;
bondslave†;
ame damnee [Fr.],
odalisque,
ryot†,
adscriptus gleboe [Lat.];
villian†,
villein;
beadsman†,
bedesman†;
sizar†;
pensioner,
pensionary†;
client;
dependant,
dependent;
hanger on,
satellite;
parasite
etc.
(servility)
886;
led captain;
protege [Fr.],
ward,
hireling,
mercenary,
puppet,
tool,
creature.
badge of slavery;
bonds
etc.
752.
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Roget 454:
subject of thought,
material for thought;
food for the mind,
mental pabulum.
subject,
subject matter;
matter,
theme,
noemata [Gr.],
topic,
what it is about,
thesis,
text,
business,
affair,
matter in hand,
argument;
motion,
resolution;
head,
chapter;
case,
point;
proposition,
theorem;
field of inquiry;
moot point,
problem
etc.
(question)
461.
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Dutch: onderwerp, thematiek
Polish: przedmiot, temat
2 subject
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.
synonyms: content, depicted object.
3 subject
A branch of knowledge:
— Teachers should be well trained in their subject.
synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field.
Dutch: domein, gebied, sfeer, terrein, veld
Polish: gałąź, dyscyplina, płaszczyzna, dziedzina, dział, obszar, domena, niwa, teren, sfera
4 subject
Some situation or event that is thought about:
— He had been thinking about the subject for several years.
synonyms: issue, matter, topic.
Roget 516:
meaning;
signification,
significance;
sense,
expression;
import,
purport;
force;
drift,
tenor,
spirit,
bearing,
coloring;
scope.
[important part of the meaning]
substance;
gist,
essence,
marrow,
spirit
etc.
5.
matter;
subject,
subject matter;
argument,
text,
sum and substance.
general meaning,
broad meaning,
substantial meaning,
colloquial meaning,
literal meaning,
plain meaning,
simple meaning,
natural meaning,
unstrained meaning,
true meaning,
etc.
(exact)
494
honest meaning,
etc.
543
prima facie meaning [Lat.];
etc.
(manifest)
525.
letter of the law.
literally;
after acceptation.
synonym;
implication,
allusion
etc.
(latency)
526;
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
figure of speech
etc.
521;
acceptation
etc.
(interpretation)
522.
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Dutch: van belang zijn, gegeven, issue, item, materie, onderwerp, punt, stof, thema
Polish: klin
5 subject
grammar One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated.
Dutch: onderwerp, subject
Polish: podmiot, subiekt
6 subject
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.
synonyms: case, guinea pig.
Roget 463:
experiment;
essay
etc.
(attempt)
675;
analysis
etc.
(investigation)
461;
screen;
trial,
tentative method,
t=atonnement.
verification,
probation,
experimentum crucis [Lat.],
proof,
(demonstration)
478;
criterion,
diagnostic,
test,
probe,
crucial test,
acid test,
litmus test.
crucible,
reagent,
check,
touchstone,
pix†;
assay,
ordeal;
ring;
litmus paper,
curcuma paper†,
turmeric paper;
test tube;
analytical instruments
etc.
633.
empiricism,
rule of thumb.
feeler;
trial balloon,
pilot balloon,
messenger balloon;
pilot engine;
scout;
straw to show the wind.
speculation,
random shot,
leap in the dark.
analyzer,
analyst,
assayist†;
adventurer;
experimenter,
experimentist†,
experimentalist;
scientist,
engineer,
technician.
subject,
experimentee†,
guinea pig,
experimental animal.
[experimental method]
protocol,
experimental method,
blind experiment,
double-blind experiment,
controlled experiment.
poll,
survey,
opinion poll.
epidemiological survey [Med.],
retrospective analysis,
retrospective survey,
prospective survey,
prospective analysis;
statistical analysis.
literature search,
library research.
tryout,
audition.
[results of experiment]
discovery
etc.
480;
measurement
etc.
466;
evidence
etc.
467.
[reasoning about an experiment]
deduction,
induction,
abduction.
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Dutch: cavia, onderdane, proefkonijn, onderdaan
Polish: królik doświadczalny
7 subject
A person who owes allegiance to that nation:
— A monarch has a duty to his subjects.
synonym: national.
Dutch: onderdaan
Polish: obywatel
8 subject
logic The first term of a proposition.
verb
1 subject
Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.
Dutch: blootstellen, onderwerpen
2 subject
3 subject
Make subservient; force to submit or subdue.
synonym: subjugate.
Roget 749:
be subject
etc.
adj.;
be at the mercy of,
lie at the mercy of;
depend upon,
lean upon,
hang upon;
fall a prey to,
fall under;
play second fiddle.
be a mere machine,
be a puppet,
be a football;
not dare to say one's soul is his own;
drag a chain.
serve
etc.
746;
obey
etc.
743;
submit
etc.
725.
break in,
tame;
subject,
subjugate;
master
etc.
731;
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
etc.
(restrain)
751;
rule
etc.
737;
drive into a corner,
hold at the sword's point;
keep under;
hold in bondage,
hold in leading strings,
hold in swaddling clothes.
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Dutch: bedwingen, kleinkrijgen, knechten, onderwerpen
adjective
1 subject
2 subject
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others:
— Subject peoples.
synonym: dependent.
Roget 749:
subject,
dependent,
subordinate;
feudal,
feudatory;
in subjection to,
under control;
in leading strings,
in harness;
subjected,
enslaved
etc.
v.;
constrained
etc.
751;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
under the lash,
on the hip,
led by the nose,
henpecked;
the puppet of,
the sport of,
the plaything of;
under one's orders,
under one's command,
under one's thumb;
a slave to;
at the mercy of;
in the power of,
in the hands of,
in the clutches of;
at the feet of;
at one's beck and call
etc.
(obedient)
743;
liable
etc.
177;
parasitical;
stipendiary.
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3 subject
Likely to be affected by something.
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