subject

US /ˈsʌbdʒekt/

UK /'sʌbdʒɪkt/

A1

noun

  • Citizen of an area or country
  • The person or thing that does the action of a verb
  • People who take part in experiments or tests
  • An area of study at school, e.g. math, history
  • What a book, article etc. is about; theme

verb

  • To cause to suffer or experience something

Examples

Getting back to the subject of heating, has anyone got any suggestions for improvements?

She was supposed to be speaking about sales figures, but she kept wandering off the subject.