subject - Meaning in Tamil

subject - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of subject in English

subject adjective

1. likely to be affected by something

   Examples

   • "he is subject to fits of depression"
   • "the bond is subject to taxation"
2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

   Examples

   • "a dependent prince"
   • "subject peoples"
3. possibly accepting or permitting

   Examples

   • "a passage capable of misinterpretation"
   • "an issue open to question"
   • "open to interpretation"
   • "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

subject noun

1. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

   Example

   • "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
2. some situation or event that is thought about

   Synonyms

   topic

   Examples

   • "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
   • "he kept drifting off the topic"
   • "it is a matter for the police"
3. a branch of knowledge

   Examples

   • "anthropology is the study of human beings"
   • "in what discipline is his doctorate?"
   • "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
4. (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
5. (logic) the first term of a proposition
6. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   Synonyms

   theme, topic

   Examples

   • "he didn't want to discuss that subject"
   • "his letters were always on the theme of love"
   • "it was a very sensitive topic"
7. a person who owes allegiance to that nation

   Example

   • "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
8. a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

   Examples

   • "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
   • "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"

subject verb

1. make accountable for

   Example

   • "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
2. cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

   Examples

   • "He subjected me to his awful poetry"
   • "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
   • "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"
3. make subservient; force to submit or subdue

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