n. 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"

n. 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"

n. 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"

n. (logic) the first term of a proposition

n. 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"

n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

v. 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"

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

v. make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"

v. make subservient; force to submit or subdue

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

adj. likely to be affected by something; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"