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subject
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subici? (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaci? (“throw, hurl”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ??????????? (hupokeímenon).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?b?j?kt, IPA(key): /?s?b.d??kt/
- (also) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?b.d??kt/
- Hyphenation: sub?ject
Adjective
subject (comparative more subject, superlative most subject)
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
- c. 1678 (written), 1682 (published), John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- All human things are subject to decay.
- c. 1678 (written), 1682 (published), John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- 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.
- , Book I
- Esau was never subject to Jacob.
- , Book I
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subici? (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaci? (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?b?j?kt, IPA(key): /?s?b.d??kt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?b.d??kt/
- Hyphenation: sub?ject
Noun
subject (plural subjects)
- (grammar) In 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.
- 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.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- Make choice of a subject beautifull and noble, which […] shall […] afford […] an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate itself.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- 1878, William Smith Rockstro, "Subject" in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.
- 1878, William Smith Rockstro, "Subject" in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
- 1748, Conyers Middleton, Life of Cicero
- Writers of particular lives […] are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.
- 1748, Conyers Middleton, Life of Cicero
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
Synonyms
- (discussion): matter, topic
Derived terms
- between-subjects
- subject matter
- subject title
- subjective
- within-subjects
Translations
See also
- object
- predicate
Etymology 3
From Medieval Latin subiect?, iterative of subici? (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaci? (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?b-j?kt?, IPA(key): /s?b?d??kt/, /s?b?d??kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
subject (third-person singular simple present subjects, present participle subjecting, simple past and past participle subjected)
- (transitive, construed with to) To 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!
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.
Synonyms
- underbring
Translations
Further reading
- subject in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- subject in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- subject at OneLook Dictionary Search
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predicative
English
Alternative forms
- prædicative (dated)
Etymology
predicate +? -ive
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?p??.d?.k?.t?v/, /?p??.d?.k?.t?v/
Adjective
predicative (not comparable)
- (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
- In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.
Antonyms
- attributive
Derived terms
- predicatively
- predicative adjective
- predicative case
Translations
Noun
predicative (plural predicatives)
- (grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
- (grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.
Translations
Italian
Adjective
predicative
- feminine plural of predicativo
Anagrams
- deprecativi
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