subject

sujet, exposé

Qui risque de subir quelque chose ou d’en être affecté, surtout si c’est désagréable.

En anglais simple : Likely to experience or be affected by something, especially something unpleasant.

• Prices are subject to change.
• This area is subject to flooding.
• Older buildings may be subject to stricter safety checks.

Comment l'utiliser : be subject to something (Flights are subject to delays in bad weather.)

Synonymes : prone, susceptible

Expressions courantes : subject to change, subject to flooding, subject to delays

soumis, conditionné

Permis ou possible uniquement si une condition précise est remplie.

En anglais simple : Only allowed or possible if a particular condition is met.

• The offer is subject to approval.
• Discounted tickets are subject to availability.
• The agreement remains subject to legal review.

Comment l'utiliser : subject to something (The booking is subject to confirmation.)

Synonymes : conditional

Contraires : unconditional

Expressions courantes : subject to approval, subject to availability, subject to agreement

soumis, assujetti

Dirigé ou contrôlé par une personne, un État ou une autre autorité.

En anglais simple : Ruled or controlled by a person, state, or other authority.

• The province was subject to the emperor.
• Subject peoples had little political power.
• Several small states became subject to the empire.

Comment l'utiliser : be subject to someone/something (The island was subject to the king.)

Synonymes : subordinate, dependent

Contraires : independent

Expressions courantes : subject to someone, subject peoples, subject nations

matière, discipline

Domaine de connaissances étudié à l’école ou à l’université.

En anglais simple : An area of knowledge that you study at school or university.

• History is my favourite subject.
• Which subjects do you study?
• She teaches three subjects at the college.

Synonymes : discipline, field of study

Expressions courantes : school subject, favourite subject, study a subject, academic subject

sujet

Partie de la phrase indiquant qui agit ou la personne ou la chose dont on dit quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The sentence part that tells who or what does something, or who or what the sentence describes.

• Find the subject of this sentence.
• The subject comes before the verb here.
• Some sentences have more than one subject.

Expressions courantes : sentence subject, subject pronoun, subject and verb

sujet

Personne qui vit sous l’autorité d’un roi ou d’une reine.

En anglais simple : A person who lives under the rule of a king or queen.

• The king spoke to his subjects.
• She was born a British subject.
• Many subjects demanded a change in the law.

Expressions courantes : loyal subject, british subject, royal subject, British subject

soumettre

Faire subir à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose une situation ou un traitement désagréable.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something experience an unpleasant situation or treatment.

• They subjected him to hours of questioning.
• Nobody should be subjected to such abuse.
• The samples were subjected to extreme heat.

Comment l'utiliser : subject someone/something to something (They subjected the prisoners to harsh treatment.)

Synonymes : expose

Expressions courantes : subject someone to, subject something to