to subject
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7.7
- verb
- /ˈsʌbdʒɛkt/
:
subyugar
- The contract will subject the company to strict privacy regulations for the next five years.
Examples
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But to subject yourself to that, right, that's your personal choice.
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So that does still have implications though, because that's going to be subject to regulatory approval.
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The important thing is that the rules of the society force people to subject their ideas to testing.
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As a matter of fact, you can be subject to, you can be subject to penalty if you get rid of your notes.
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And the central issue is how can we subject this to, to critical scrutiny?
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Could even subject the owner to severe civil and criminal penalties.
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Do we have to subject her illness to this pseudoscientific analysis?
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The Communists now say give the state your bread, subject yourselves to discipline, give us your weapons.
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Gender stereotypes also subject women to double standards and a double bind.
Academic text (2017) -
Look, if you don't like my personality, you don't have to subject yourself to it.
Synonyms
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2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
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3.7
To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear
275
3.7
To have strong control over people or things
227
3.5
Start to have power and make decisions about something
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6.5
To treat people cruelly or unfairly using power to limit their rights
101
5.7
To force a person to work for someone else and take away their freedom
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5.5
To bring a person or thing under control, often by force
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8.6
To take power or a position from someone without the right, often by force
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3.8
To use more strength to defeat and control a person or thing
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4.2
To be in charge of people or a place
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9.2
To bring someone or something under control, often by force
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6.7
Use force to stop protests or opposition
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7.6
Make someone or something obey after they resist
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A part of a sentence that shows what it is about and may do the action or be described
How Controlled
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb subject meaning 'to bring under control' also comes from sub- ('under') and -ject ('throw'), and it once meant to place someone under another's power. So to subject a group or place is to make it obey or come under control.