English > subject: 14 senses > noun 3, cognition| Meaning | A branch of knowledge. |
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| Example | "teachers should be well trained in their subject" |
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| Synonyms | discipline, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick |
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| Narrower | allometry | The study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole |
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| architecture | The discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings |
| bibliotics | The scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity |
| communications, communication theory | The discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.) |
| engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology | The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems |
| escapology | The study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) |
| frontier | An undeveloped field of study |
| futurology, futuristics | The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions |
| genealogy | The study or investigation of ancestry and family history |
| graphology | The study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) |
| humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills) |
| landscape architecture | The branch of architecture dealing with the arrangement of land and buildings for human use and enjoyment |
| major | The principal field of study of a student at a university / university |
| military science | The discipline dealing with the principles of warfare |
| numerology | The study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs |
| occultism | The study of the supernatural |
| ology | An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge |
| protology | The study of origins / origins and first things |
| science, scientific discipline | A particular branch of scientific knowledge |
| theogony | The study of the origins and genealogy of the gods |
| theology, divinity | The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth |
| Broader | knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain | The content of a particular field of knowledge |
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| Spanish | ámbito, área de estudio, area de jurisdicción, área, área temática, campo de estudio, campo, disciplina, estudio, ramo, tema, terreno |
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| Catalan | àmbit, àrea, àrea temàtica, camp d'estudi, camp, disciplina, estudi, matèria, tema |
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English > subject: 14 senses > noun 4, cognition| Meaning | Some situation or event that is thought about. |
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| Example | "he had been thinking about the subject for several years" |
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| Synonyms | topic, issue, matter |
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| Narrower | area | A subject of study |
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| blind spot | A subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment |
| remit | The topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with |
| res judicata, res adjudicata | A matter already settled in court |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
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| Spanish | asunto, cuestión, materia, tema |
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| Catalan | assumpte, matèria, qüestió, tema |
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English > subject: 14 senses > verb 1, perception| Meaning | Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Examples | - "He subjected me to his awful poetry"
- "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"
- "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
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| Cause to | experience, see, go through | go or live through |
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| Narrower | bacterize, bacterise | subject to the action of bacteria |
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| expose | expose to light, of photographic film |
| expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence |
| incur | make oneself subject to |
| put | Cause (someone) to undergo something |
| refract | subject to refraction |
| shipwreck | Cause to experience shipwreck |
| vitriol | expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
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