subjected
- 1Simple past and past participle of subject.
The researchers subjected each sample to intense pressure during the trial.
Refugees were subjected to months of harsh questioning at the border.
Note
One spelling does double duty: past tense (the court subjected him to a fine) and participle after be or have (he was subjected, they had subjected). The verb carries an object and a to-phrase, and what follows is usually unwelcome. Keep it apart from the adjective subject to, meaning liable or conditional: a plan is subject to change when it might change, but subjected to change when something has actually changed it.
subjected is a form of subject
subject, verb: To expose someone or something to a particular treatment or experience, especially an unpleasant or unwelcome one. Full entry
- Forms
- subjectsubjects he/she/itsubjecting -ing formsubjected past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- subject → subjected: add -ed
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