Subject someone/something to something meaning
Subject someone/something to something is a phrasal verb that means to cause a person or thing to experience something distressing or worrying.
- Past simple
- subjected someone/
something to something - Past participle
- subjected someone/
something to something - -ing form
- subjecting someone/
something to something
What subject someone/something to something means
make experience something unpleasantC2
To cause a person or thing to experience something distressing or worrying
The equipment was subjected to extreme temperatures.
Similar phrasal verbs
With to: refer to, amount to, put something to someone, set to, beat someone to it, come to, get to, go to, keep to, report to.
Common questions
What does subject someone/something to something mean?
To cause a person or thing to experience something distressing or worrying.
What is the past tense of subject someone/something to something?
Subjected someone/something to something, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
