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    • subject :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

    • subject :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

    • subject :possibly accepting or permitting
      • a passage capable of misinterpretation|open to interpretation|an issue open to question|the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation

    • subject :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

    • subject :make accountable for
      • He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors

    • subject :being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
      • subject peoples|a dependent prince

    • subject :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

    • subject :likely to be affected by something
      • the bond is subject to taxation|he is subject to fits of depression

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