SUBJECT

SUB ·JECT 2 syllables

A1 · Beginner 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 18 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  2. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
  3. a branch of knowledge
  4. some situation or event that is thought about

💬 Examples

  • "he didn't want to discuss that subject"
  • "it was a very sensitive topic"
  • "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
  • "in what discipline is his doctorate?"

🔗 Similar words

topicthemecontentdepicted_objectdisciplinesubject_area
verb
  1. cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
  2. make accountable for
  3. make subservient

💬 Examples

  • "He subjected me to his awful poetry"
  • "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"
  • "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
  • "force to submit or subdue"

🔗 Similar words

subjugate
adjective
  1. possibly accepting or permitting
  2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
  3. likely to be affected by something

💬 Examples

  • "a passage capable of misinterpretation"
  • "open to interpretation"
  • "subject peoples"
  • "a dependent prince"

🔗 Similar words

capableopendependent
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