subsume
verb (used with object)
to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
subsuming
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present participleof subsume.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Even more consequential was the trust that the Barbers placed in Marshall Stearns, who had an academic pedigree in medieval literature and a subsuming interest in the ethnomusicology of jazz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
As part of his vision of France as an independent global power, he began working to create a postcolonial sphere of influence by subsuming the new nations into an exclusive French zone called Françafrique.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023
His death allowed Franco to eliminate a rival and take control of the Falangists, subsuming them to a broader far-right movement that supported his dictatorship.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2023
And as their A.I. gets better, it may well end up subsuming some of the products and features developers are building with the technology today.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2023
On Harry dug, deeper and deeper into the hard, cold earth, subsuming his grief in sweat, denying the pain in his scar.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
