subject-matter

Noun

Meaning

The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

subject matter

Synonyms

center centre field subject ground matter issue object capacity content deal core heart theme argument
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Antonyms

solution resolution interpretation answer explanation lie
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Examples

The thing that interests me is that today painters do not have to go to a subject-matter outside themselves. Modern painters work in a different way. They work from within. Jackson Pollock

Necessary truth is merely the subject-matter of mathematics, not the reward we get for doing mathematics. The object of mathematics is not, and cannot be, mathematical certainty. It is not even mathematical truth, certain or otherwise. It is, and must be, mathematical explanation. David Deutsch

this complex form of realism.... totally destroys the integrity of the subject-matter... The abstract colors and forms that we portray belong to Universe outside time and space. Gino Severini

The whole subject-matter of exact science consists of pointer readings and similar indications. Arthur Eddington

Expressions used in particular cases are to be understood with relation to the subject-matter then before the Court. Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet

When study becomes labor, we had better change the subject-matter as quickly as possible. Henry S. Haskins

Close letter words and terms

subject to violation subject tosuggestion subject-control subjectability subjectable subjectdom