subject
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
How often you will meet it
Rank 591 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 32,981 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion also: topic, theme he didn't want to discuss that subjectit was a very sensitive topic
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation also: content, depicted object a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
- a branch of knowledge also: discipline, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study in what discipline is his doctorate?teachers should be well trained in their subject
- some situation or event that is thought about also: topic, issue, matter he kept drifting off the topiche had been thinking about the subject for several years
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation also: case, guinea pig the subjects for this investigation were selected randomlythe cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
subject in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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John Cavendish frowned and changed the subject.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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I will not hear the subject mentioned again.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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A few days before a famous speaker had given an address on an ethical subject at Yale.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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It is a romance of surpassing interest, the subject being treated with all the convincing power of a master-hand.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The talk passed from the boomerang to dreams--usually a fruitful subject, afloat or ashore--but this time the output was poor.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1