English Dictionary

subject

/ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/

noun

(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.

The subject of the meeting is important.

意味（1）

(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.

In the sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject, ‘the mouse’ being the object.

意味（2）

An actor; one who takes action.

The subjects and objects of power.

意味（3）

The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.

this subject for heroic song

意味（4）

A particular area of study.

Her favorite subject is physics.

意味（5）

A citizen in a monarchy.

I am a British subject.

意味（6）

A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

[…]the Grand Khan seemed to grasp the truth of the religion and might become a convert, thereby gaining for Christianity the souls of all his subjects.

意味（7）

(music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.

The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.

意味（8）

A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.

Writers of particular lives […] are apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject.

意味（9）

(philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.

意味（10）

(logic) That of which something is stated.

意味（11）

(mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

Making x the subject of x² − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y).