Subject vs. Theme
Subjectadjective
Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
Subjectadjective
Conditional upon.
Subjectadjective
Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
Subjectadjective
Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
Subjectnoun
(grammar) 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.
Subjectnoun
An actor; one who takes action.
Subjectnoun
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
Subjectnoun
A particular area of study.
Subjectnoun
A citizen in a monarchy.
Subjectnoun
A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
Subjectnoun
(music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
Subjectnoun
A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
Subjectnoun
(philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
Subjectnoun
(logic) That of which something is stated.
Subjectnoun
(math) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
Subjectverb
To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
Subjectadjective
Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
Subjectadjective
Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
Subjectadjective
Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation.
Subjectadjective
Obedient; submissive.
Subjectnoun
That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
Subjectnoun
Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
Subjectnoun
That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
Subjectnoun
That which is brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or concerning which anything is said or done.
Subjectnoun
The person who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
Subjectnoun
That of which anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse; that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.
Subjectnoun
That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
Subjectnoun
Hence, that substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
Subjectnoun
The principal theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is based.
Subjectnoun
The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
Subjectverb
To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
Subjectverb
To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
Subjectverb
To submit; to make accountable.
Subjectverb
To make subservient.
Subjectverb
To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test.
Subjectnoun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
Subjectnoun
some situation or event that is thought about;
Subjectnoun
a branch of knowledge;
Subjectnoun
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation;
Subjectnoun
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;
Subjectnoun
a person who owes allegiance to that nation;
Subjectnoun
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Subjectnoun
(logic) the first term of a proposition
Subjectverb
cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to;
Subjectverb
make accountable for;
Subjectverb
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
Subjectverb
refer for judgment or consideration;
Subjectadjective
not exempt from tax;
Subjectadjective
possibly accepting or permitting;
Subjectadjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;
Subjectnoun
a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with
Subjectnoun
a person or circumstance giving rise to a specified feeling, response, or action
Subjectnoun
a person who is the focus of scientific or medical attention or experiment
Subjectnoun
the part of a proposition about which a statement is made.
Subjectnoun
a theme of a fugue or of a piece in sonata form; a leading phrase or motif
Subjectnoun
a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university
Subjectnoun
a member of a state other than its ruler, especially one owing allegiance to a monarch or other supreme ruler
Subjectnoun
a noun or noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
Subjectnoun
a thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind; the ego, especially as opposed to anything external to the mind.
Subjectnoun
the central substance or core of a thing as opposed to its attributes.
Subjectadjective
likely or prone to be affected by (a particular condition or occurrence, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one)
Subjectadjective
dependent or conditional upon
Subjectadjective
under the authority of
Subjectadjective
under the control or domination of another ruler, country, or government
Subjectadverb
conditionally upon
Subjectverb
cause or force someone or something to undergo (a particular experience or form of treatment, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one)
Subjectverb
bring (a person or country) under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by using force
Themenoun
A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
Themenoun
A recurring idea; a motif.
Themenoun
(dated) An essay written for school.
Themenoun
(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
Themenoun
A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
Themenoun
The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
Themenoun
(grammar) The stem of a word.
Themenoun
(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
Themenoun
(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
Themenoun
A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
Themeverb
(transitive) To give a theme to.
Themeverb
To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
Themenoun
A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Themenoun
Discourse on a certain subject.
Themenoun
A composition or essay required of a pupil.
Themenoun
A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.
Themenoun
That by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.
Themenoun
The leading subject of a composition or a movement.
Themenoun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion;
Themenoun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work;
Themenoun
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition;
Themenoun
an essay (especially one written as an assignment);
Themenoun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Themeverb
provide with a particular theme or motive;
