a branch of knowledge or learning, esp one taught or studied at school, college, or university
a person or thing concerning which something is said or done
a subject of dispute
a matter dealt with in an article, speech, etc
somebody or something represented in a work of art
an individual whose reactions are studied, e.g. in a psychological experiment
a dead body for anatomical study and dissection
in grammar, the word or phrase in a sentence or clause denoting the person or thing about which something is stated or that performs the action of a verb
in logic, the term of a proposition denoting the thing about which something is stated, denied, or predicated
a principal phrase of a musical composition or movement
somebody owing obedience or allegiance to another, esp to a ruler or sovereign power
in philosophy, the entity that sustains or assumes the form of thought or consciousness, e.g. the mind or ego