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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subject-matter

· Sub·ject-mat·ter · IPA
01 n. The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
  1. 1.
    The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
    “As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto.” Blackstone.
    “As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it.” J. H. Newman.