Subject meaning in English

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Definition

a subject: a theme, a topic, a matter, an issue noun
(the king's) subjects: the people under the rule (of the king) noun

Examples

  • "Subject: Potential investor to visit offices next Tuesday"
  • "Subject: Insane Person in hospital - Please pick up!"
  • "Subjects! Subjects!"
  • "Subject: Au revoir"
  • "Subject: Baby Daddy Drama"
  • "Subject: The Great Outdoors"
  • "Subject: Re: A subject for an email"
  • "Subject: Edward is a bastard"
  • "Subject: Running Late!"
  • "SUBJECT: EMERGENCY MEETING"
  • "Subject: DNA test results"
  • "Results of DNA testing for subject Bruno Delavigne '"
  • "Subject: Dégustation"
  • "Subject: A subject for an email"
  • "Subject: Human obsolescence"
  • "Subject: Who's your Daddy?"
  • "Subject: The first day of the rest of your life"
  • "Math isn't my best subject."
  • "Well I think the goal was to express the problem in matrix form, so we're really maximizing C to the power of T times X, which is subject to AX smaller than or equal to B, with X being greater than or equal to zero."
Exercise 1
'Wendy: It's a worrying trend'. This could also be expressed as: It's a/an .
'Wendy: It's a worrying trend'. This could also be expressed as: It's a/an disturbing 1 tendency 2.
1 disturbing: 'Disturbing' is the best definition of 'worrying'. If something 'worries' us, it 'disturbs' or 'concerns' us. Here's another example: 'I've received some worrying news about your father. He's in hospital'.
1 interesting: The term 'interesting' describes something 'fascinating' or 'intriguing'. This is not the best choice here.
1 surprising: The term 'surprising' describes something 'unexpected' or 'shocking'. This is not the best choice here.
1 cautious: The term 'cautious' describes someone 'prudent' or 'who acts with great care'. This is not the best choice here.
2 tendency: 'Tendency' is the correct answer here. A 'trend' is a 'tendency', 'inclination', or 'fashion'. This term can be used to describe both serious movements ('This graph shows the trends in political values over the past year') and less serious fads ('The latest trend is orange cardigans'). Note the related adjective 'trendy', meaning 'fashionable': 'That's a very trendy hat; did you buy it recently?'.
2 habit: A 'habit' is a 'custom' or 'tradition': something we do regularly or habitually. This does not define 'trend'.
2 subject: A 'subject' is a 'topic' or 'matter'. This does not define 'trend'.
2 news: It is grammatically incorrect to say 'a news'. We have to say 'a piece a news' or 'some news'. Moreover, 'trend' does not share a similar meaning with 'trend'.

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