eng: subject - UWN/MENTA

eng: subject

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means	(noun) 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" theme, subject, topic
means	(noun) 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" depicted object, content, subject
means	(noun) 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" subject field, discipline, bailiwick, subject, subject area, field, field of study, study
means	(noun) 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" issue, matter, subject, topic
means	(noun) (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated subject
means	(noun) 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" case, guinea pig, subject
means	(noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" national, subject
means	(noun) (logic) the first term of a proposition subject
means	(verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" subject
means	(verb) make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" subject
means	(verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue subjugate, subject
means	(verb) refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" submit, subject
means	(adjective) possibly accepting or permitting; "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" capable, subject, open
means	(adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" dependent, subject
means	(adjective) likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression" subject
means	e/Course (education)
means	e/Subject (philosophy)

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