Can “subject” be used to denote “topic” when it works as an adjective or verb?
I have the impression of seeing job announcements using "subject" in the way like
The institute has an opening of research associate subject(ed) to the project "Particles, Strings and the Early Universe".
I think the "subject" therein means "topic". But as I consult several web dictionaries for the word "subject", e.g. The Free Dictionary, Oxford Living Dictionaries, I find that though "subject" as a noun has the meaning "topic, its meaning as an adjective or verb seams not to indicate the "subject(ed) to" here can be replaced by "with regard to (the topic)". So I wonder whether using "subject" in this way to mean "topic" is proper. I often see job announcements have spelling errors, so wonder whether this is just a misuse or it's really acceptable to use "subject" in this way to mean "topic".
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I have the impression of seeing job announcements using "subject" in the way like
The institute has an opening of research associate subject(ed) to the project "Particles, Strings and the Early Universe".
I think the "subject" therein means "topic". But as I consult several web dictionaries for the word "subject", e.g. The Free Dictionary, Oxford Living Dictionaries, I find that though "subject" as a noun has the meaning "topic, its meaning as an adjective or verb seams not to indicate the "subject(ed) to" here can be replaced by "with regard to (the topic)". So I wonder whether using "subject" in this way to mean "topic" is proper. I often see job announcements have spelling errors, so wonder whether this is just a misuse or it's really acceptable to use "subject" in this way to mean "topic".
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I have the impression of seeing job announcements using "subject" in the way like
The institute has an opening of research associate subject(ed) to the project "Particles, Strings and the Early Universe".
I think the "subject" therein means "topic". But as I consult several web dictionaries for the word "subject", e.g. The Free Dictionary, Oxford Living Dictionaries, I find that though "subject" as a noun has the meaning "topic, its meaning as an adjective or verb seams not to indicate the "subject(ed) to" here can be replaced by "with regard to (the topic)". So I wonder whether using "subject" in this way to mean "topic" is proper. I often see job announcements have spelling errors, so wonder whether this is just a misuse or it's really acceptable to use "subject" in this way to mean "topic".
phrase-usage
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Captain BohemianCaptain Bohemian
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I have the impression of seeing job announcements using "subject" in the way like
The institute has an opening of research associate subject(ed) to the project "Particles, Strings and the Early Universe".
I think the "subject" therein means "topic". But as I consult several web dictionaries for the word "subject", e.g. The Free Dictionary, Oxford Living Dictionaries, I find that though "subject" as a noun has the meaning "topic, its meaning as an adjective or verb seams not to indicate the "subject(ed) to" here can be replaced by "with regard to (the topic)". So I wonder whether using "subject" in this way to mean "topic" is proper. I often see job announcements have spelling errors, so wonder whether this is just a misuse or it's really acceptable to use "subject" in this way to mean "topic".
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