subject (from the lat. subiectus ) 1 Adjective part of hold : The rope is secure . 2 Susceptible to suffer a certain thing that is expressed: This program is subject to modifications . 3 m. Log. Being of which affirms or denies what is expressed in a proposition. 4 Fil. Human spirit considered as antithesis of the external world, in its capacity or function to receive the impressions of this world and know it. 5 It is used to disparaging any man: The police arrested a suspect. Individual. 6 Gram Element of the sentence that agrees in number and person with the verb; it is usually the person, animal or thing to which the performance of the action, state, etc., is attributed, expressed by the verb. Append II, subject. 7 Subject: The subject of the conference. Subject agent. Gram The verb in active voice. S. patient. Gram The verb in passive voice. S. passive. Econ. Physical or legal person on whom a tax falls.
