subject

Likely to be affected by or to experience something.

“a country subject to extreme heat”

“Menu listings and prices are subject to change.”

Conditional upon something; used with to.

“The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.”

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

Possibly accepting or permitting

“a passage capable of misinterpretation”

“open to interpretation”

“an issue open to question”

grammarIn a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.

“In the sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject, ‘the mouse’ being the object.”

An actor; one who takes action.

“The subjects and objects of power.”

The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

A particular area of study.

“Her favorite subject is physics.”

A citizen in a monarchy.

“I am a British subject.”

A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

musicThe main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.

A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.

philosophyA being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.

logicThat of which something is stated.

mathThe variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

“Making x the subject of x2 − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).”

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”

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”

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”

construed with toTo cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

“I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!”

To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.

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”