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/ˈsʌb.dʒɪkt//ˈsʌb.dʒɛkt/Definitions
Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
Example: He's subject to sneezing fits.
Conditional upon.
Example: 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.
/ˈsʌb.dʒɪkt//ˈsʌb.dʒɛkt/Definitions
(grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
Example: In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent.
An actor; one who takes action.
Example: 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.
Example: Her favorite subject is physics.
/səbˈdʒɛkt/Definitions
(construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
Example: I came here to buy souvenirs, not to be subjected to a tirade of abuse!
To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.