subject English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
- a country subject to extreme heat
* Dryden
- All human things are subject to decay.
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Conditional upon.
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
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Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
* John Locke
- Esau was never subject to Jacob.
Noun
( en noun)
(label) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
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The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
- the subject for heroic song
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
- Make choice of a subject , beautiful and noble, which shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- the unhappy subject of these quarrels
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A particular area of study.
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A citizen in a monarchy.
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A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
(label) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
* (1823-1895)
- The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus , or plain song.
A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
* (Conyers Middleton) (1683-1750)
- Writers of particular livesare apt to be prejudiced in favour of their subject .
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Synonyms
* (discussion) matter, topic
Derived terms
* subject title
See also
* object
* predicate
Verb
( en verb)
To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
Synonyms
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application English
Noun
( en noun)
The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
The thing applied.
* Johnson
- He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
* 1857 , John Eadie, ?John Francis Waller, ?William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
- His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications , internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
* (John Locke)
- If a right course be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- I make the remark, and leave you to make the '''application .
- The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.
- December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications .
(bureaucracy, legal) A petition, entreaty, or other request.
- Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
Hyponyms
* See also
Synonyms
* (computer software) software, program
References
* WordNet 3.0 [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=application].
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