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Philosophy
- HypokeimenonHypokeimenonHypokeimenon , later often material substratum, is a term in metaphysics which literally means the "underlying thing" ....
or subiectum, in metaphysics, the essential being of a thing- Subject (philosophy)Subject (philosophy)In philosophy, a subject is a being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness or a relationship with another entity . A subject is an observer and an object is a thing observed...
, a being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity - Subject-object problemSubject-object problemThe subject–object problem, a longstanding philosophical issue, is concerned with the analysis of human experience, and of what within experience is "subjective" and what is "objective."...
, the issue of how actors or observers relate to things that are observed or acted upon - Subject-object based metaphysics, a term for the dominant view of metaphysics in Western philosophy
- Subject (philosophy)
Grammar
in general use, any topic currently under consideration, see subject matterSubject matter
Subject matter, in general, is anything which can be content for some theory.Subject matter may refer to:* Patentable subject matter , defining whether patent protection is available...
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- Subject (grammar)Subject (grammar)The subject is one of the two main constituents of a clause, according to a tradition that can be tracked back to Aristotle and that is associated with phrase structure grammars; the other constituent is the predicate. According to another tradition, i.e...
, 'who or what the sentence is about' - Subject case or nominative case, the grammatical case for a noun
- Subject term or index term, descriptor of a document used in bibliographic records
- Subject (grammar)
- Course (education)Course (education)The very broad dictionary meaning of the word course is the act or action of moving in a path from point to point . There are multiple meanings for this word, some of which include: general line of orientation, a mode of action, part of a meal, a mode of action, and many more. This article focuses...
, a unit of academic instruction - Research subject, an entity observed for purposes of research
- in computing:
- Subjects (programming)Subjects (programming)In computer programming within the subject-oriented programming paradigm, subjects are a way to separate concerns. For example, in a Shape class with two methods Draw and Move, each method would be considered a subject.-External links:*...
, core elements in the subject-oriented programming paradigm - Subject (access control)
- Subject, an element in the Resource Description FrameworkResource Description FrameworkThe Resource Description Framework is a family of World Wide Web Consortium specifications originally designed as a metadata data model...
- Subjects (programming)
- in musicology, the first melodic fragment of a ugue]
The team with the most points get to move on to the next round
People
A subject is an individual subjected to the rule by an elite, see feudalismFeudalism
Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.Although derived from the...
- subjects in medieval feudalism, see Commoners
- subjects in modern constitutional monarchies, such as the United Kingdom, see British subjectBritish subjectIn British nationality law, the term British subject has at different times had different meanings. The current definition of the term British subject is contained in the British Nationality Act 1981.- Prior to 1949 :...
Library and Information Science
- Subject (documents)Subject (documents)In library and information science documents are classified and searched by subject - as well as by other attributes such as author, genre and document type. This makes "subject" a fundamental term in this field. Library and information specialists assign subject labels to documents to make them...
(subject classification; subject indexing; subject searching)
Others
Subject as a title or proper noun- Subject (album)Subject (album)Subject is R&B singer Dwele's 2003 debut album, released on Virgin Records.-Track listing:...
a 2003 album by Dwele