acceptance | the act of taking something that is offered, her acceptance of the gift encouraged him, he anticipated their acceptance of his offer |
adoption acceptance acceptation espousal | the act of accepting with approval, favorable reception, its adoption by society, the proposal found wide acceptance |
acceptance sampling | a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents, involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected |
subject content depicted object | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation, a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject |
toleration acceptance sufferanceb | a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations, all people should practice toleration and live together in peace |
self acceptance | an acceptance of yourself as you are, warts and all |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
discipline subject subject area subject field field field of study study bailiwick | a branch of knowledge, in what discipline is his doctorate?, teachers should be well trained in their subject, anthropology is the study of human beings |
credence acceptance | the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true, he gave credence to the gossip, acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for years |
subject | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence, the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated |
subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition |
nominative nominative case subject case | the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
subject topic theme | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion, he didn't want to discuss that subject, it was a very sensitive topic, his letters were always on the theme of love |
short subject | a brief film, often shown prior to showing the feature |
acceptance | (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract) |
national subject | a person who owes allegiance to that nation, a monarch has a duty to his subjects |
subject case guinea pig | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures, someone who is an object of investigation, the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly, the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities |
vassal liege liegeman liege subject feudatory | a person holding a fief, a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord |
trade acceptance | a bill of exchange for a specific purchase, drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer's acceptance |
acceptance banker's acceptance | banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank |
acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted, torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club |
submit subject | refer for judgment or consideration, The lawyers submitted the material to the court |
subject | make accountable for, He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors |
subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to, He subjected me to his awful poetry, The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills, People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation |
subjugate subject | make subservient, force to submit or subdue |
subject | likely to be affected by something, the bond is subject to taxation, he is subject to fits of depression |
subject dependent | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others, subject peoples, a dependent prince |
capable open subject | possibly accepting or permitting, a passage capable of misinterpretation, open to interpretation, an issue open to question, the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation |