subjects
plural of “subject” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
An inflected form of subject · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,365 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,319 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
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
subjects 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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However, upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I thought.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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On subjects on which one feels deeply it is a relief to speak one's mind.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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I had a vision of Lantern Land in darkness; of my poor subjects dying of fear and starvation.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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His principal hostility was directed against Wolsey, whose arrogance and grasping practices were the constant subjects of his railing.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1
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He left behind him many unpublished manuscripts covering a very wide range of subjects, most of which are now lost.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1