subject

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Estimated CEFR level: A1 — Beginner

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Definition

  1. noun the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  2. noun something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
  3. noun a branch of knowledge

Etymology

From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).

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topic, theme

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