subsume

[ suh b-soom ]

/ səbˈsum /

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verb (used with object), sub·sumed, sub·sum·ing.

to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.

to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.

to take up into a more inclusive classification.

Words nearby subsume

substratosphere, substratum, substruction, substructure, subsulfate, subsume, subsumption, subsurface, subsystem, subtangent, subteen

Origin of subsume

1525–35; < Medieval Latin subsūmere, equivalent to Latin sub- sub- + sūmere to take; see consume

OTHER WORDS FROM subsume

sub·sum·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for subsumed

The specifics of any local struggle in that battle were less important than the wider struggle within which they were subsumed.
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In this view, no politics are local, all is subsumed in a clash of civilizations.
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Their voices have been subsumed by the louder collective voice of the party.
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Elizabeth Gilbert traveled the globe and subsumed blissfully it into herself; in contrast, I found myself thrilled to be subsumed.
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Action and suffering cannot be separate categories, but are subsumed under movement, vi.
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One-sided passivity as well as one-sided activity is subsumed under Individuality, which makes itself into its own end and aim.
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Until he had subsumed the article under certain categories he had come to accept, appreciation was impossible for him.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
It is worth study from the suffragist point of view, because it is the one great injury under which all others are subsumed.
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All special cases are subsumed under the one general judgment.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2|Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for subsumed

subsume

/ (səbˈsjuːm) /

verb (tr)

to incorporate (an idea, proposition, case, etc) under a comprehensive or inclusive classification or heading

to consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

Derived forms of subsume

subsumable, adjective

Word Origin for subsume

C16: from New Latin subsumere, from Latin sub- + sumere to take

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subsume

verb (used with object), sub·sumed, sub·sum·ing.

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