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subject matter

–noun

1.	the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.

2.	the matter that is subject to some action.

3.	the matter out of which a thing is formed.

[Origin: 1590–1600

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subject matter
n. Matter under consideration in a written work or speech; a theme.

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subject matter
noun
what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message]

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subject matter

the subject discussed in an essay, book etc

Arabic:	مادَّة المَوْضوع
Chinese (Simplified):	题材，题目
Chinese (Traditional):	題材，題目
Czech:	téma
Danish:	emne
Dutch:	onderwerp
Estonian:	teema, sisu
Finnish:	aihe
French:	sujet
German:	der Gegenstand
Greek:	περιεχόμενο, κύριο θέμα
Hungarian:	tárgy
Icelandic:	viðfangsefni
Indonesian:	bahan pembahasan
Italian:	argomento, contenuto, materia

Japanese:	主題
Latvian:	(grāmatas, raksta) tēma; priekšmets; galvenā problēma
Lithuanian:	aptariamas dalykas, problema, tema
Norwegian:	emne, tema, stoff
Polish:	problem, zagadnienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	assunto
Portuguese (Portugal):	assunto
Romanian:	subiect
Russian:	содержание
Slovak:	téma
Slovenian:	tematika
Spanish:	asunto
Swedish:	innehåll, ämne
Turkish:	konu