| subject | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ bone of contention | the subject of a dispute.; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money" |
| ~ precedent | a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time). |
| ~ question, head | the subject matter at issue.; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| ~ keynote | the principal theme in a speech or literary work. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. content, depicted object, subject | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
| ~ occultism | the study of the supernatural. |
| ~ communication theory, communications | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).; "communications is his major field of study" |
| ~ major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ frontier | an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
| ~ genealogy | the study or investigation of ancestry and family history. |
| ~ allometry | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. |
| ~ bibliotics | the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity. |
| ~ ology | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ science, scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge.; "the science of genetics" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ applied science, engineering science, engineering, technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" |
| ~ futuristics, futurology | the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions. |
| ~ arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).; "the college of arts and sciences" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare. |
| ~ escapology | the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment). |
| ~ graphology | the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition). |
| ~ numerology | the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs. |
| ~ protology | the study of origins and first things.; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" |
| ~ theogony | the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. issue, matter, subject, topic | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ area | a subject of study.; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." |
| ~ blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment.; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" |
| ~ remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with.; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" |
| ~ res adjudicata, res judicata | a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again. |
| n. (communication) | 5. subject | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ grammatical constituent, constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction. |
| n. (person) | 6. case, guinea pig, subject | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation.; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (person) | 7. national, subject | a person who owes allegiance to that nation.; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ nation, country, land | the people who live in a nation or country.; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" |
| ~ citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community. |
| ~ compatriot | a person from your own country. |
| ~ nationalist, patriot | one who loves and defends his or her country. |
| n. (communication) | 8. subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition. |
| ~ logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. |
| ~ term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition.; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" |
| v. (perception) | 9. subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ bacterise, bacterize | subject to the action of bacteria. |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| ~ vitriol | expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol. |
| ~ put | cause (someone) to undergo something.; "He put her to the torture" |
| ~ shipwreck | cause to experience shipwreck.; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" |
| ~ refract | subject to refraction.; "refract a light beam" |
| ~ expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence.; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" |
| ~ expose | expose to light, of photographic film. |
| ~ incur | make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to.; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" |
| v. (competition) | 10. subject | make accountable for.; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" |
| ~ submit | yield to the control of another. |
| v. (social) | 11. subject, subjugate | make subservient; force to submit or subdue. |
| ~ dragoon | subjugate by imposing troops. |
| ~ enslave | make a slave of; bring into servitude. |
| ~ dominate, master | have dominance or the power to defeat over.; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" |
| v. (communication) | 12. subject, submit | refer for judgment or consideration.; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" |
| ~ give | submit for consideration, judgment, or use.; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse" |
| ~ return | submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority.; "submit a bill to a legislative body" |
| ~ refer | send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision.; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" |
| ~ relegate, pass on, submit | refer to another person for decision or judgment.; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" |
| adj. | 13. capable, open, subject | possibly accepting or permitting.; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" |
| ~ susceptible | (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of.; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" |
| adj. | 14. dependent, subject | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others.; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" |
| ~ subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.; "a subordinate kingdom" |
| adj. | 15. subject | likely to be affected by something.; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression" |
| ~ affected | acted upon; influenced. |
| study | | |
| n. (act) | 1. study, survey | a detailed critical inspection. |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| ~ resurvey | a new survey or study. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. study, work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).; "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| n. (communication) | 3. report, study, written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group.; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
| ~ assay | a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance. |
| ~ case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. |
| ~ white book, white paper | a government report; bound in white. |
| ~ blue book | a report published by the British government; bound in blue. |
| ~ green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion. |
| ~ progress report | a report of work accomplished during a specified time period. |
| ~ position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy. |
| ~ medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. study | a state of deep mental absorption.; "she is in a deep study" |
| ~ engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. study | a room used for reading and writing and studying.; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. sketch, study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration.; "he made several studies before starting to paint" |
| ~ design | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something.; "the design of a building" |
| ~ rough drawing, draft | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture. |
| ~ drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
| ~ vignette | a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books). |
| n. (cognition) | 7. cogitation, study | attentive consideration and meditation.; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer" |
| ~ lucubration | laborious cogitation. |
| ~ musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness, contemplation, reflexion | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration. |
| n. (person) | 8. study | someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play).; "he is a quick study" |
| ~ memoriser, memorizer | a person who learns by rote. |
| n. (communication) | 9. study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique.; "a study in spiccato bowing" |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ anatomize | analyze down to the smallest detail.; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior" |
| ~ diagnose, name | determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. |
| ~ diagnose | subject to a medical analysis. |
| ~ survey, appraise | consider in a comprehensive way.; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" |
| ~ survey | make a survey of; for statistical purposes. |
| ~ compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of.; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
| ~ check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over | examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" |
| ~ assay | analyze (chemical substances). |
| ~ reexamine, review | look at again; examine again.; "let's review your situation" |
| ~ audit, scrutinise, scrutinize, inspect | examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification.; "audit accounts and tax returns" |
| ~ screen | examine methodically.; "screen the suitcases" |
| ~ trace, follow | follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress" |
| ~ investigate, look into | investigate scientifically.; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" |
| ~ sieve, sift | check and sort carefully.; "sift the information" |
| ~ look at, view, consider | look at carefully; study mentally.; "view a problem" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. study | be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning. |
| ~ major | have as one's principal field of study.; "She is majoring in linguistics" |
| v. (perception) | 12. consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| ~ chew over, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ factor in, factor out, factor | consider as relevant when making a decision.; "You must factor in the recent developments" |
| ~ equate, liken, compare | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" |
| ~ deliberate, moot, debate, consider, turn over | think about carefully; weigh.; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" |
| v. (cognition) | 13. learn, read, study, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| ~ audit | attend academic courses without getting credit. |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
| ~ practice, drill, practise, exercise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. hit the books, study | learn by reading books.; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ memorise, memorize, con, learn | commit to memory; learn by heart.; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" |
| ~ bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, cram, drum, get up | study intensively, as before an exam.; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| v. (cognition) | 15. contemplate, meditate, study | think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.; "He is meditating in his study" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
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