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subsume Definition

sub·sume (səb so̵̅o̅m′, -syo̵̅o̅m′)

transitive verb -·sumed′, -·sum′·ing

  1. to include within a larger class, group, order, etc.
  2. to show (an idea, instance, etc.) to be covered by a rule, principle, etc.

Etymology: ModL subsumere < L sub-, under + sumere, to take: see consume

subsume Usage Examples

Preposition: under

  • concept: A definition identifies the nature of the units subsumed under a concept.
  • term: It's now object-oriented -- and the analysis is subsumed under the general term " modeling " .
  • label: That music is usually subsumed under the labels ' contemporary classical ' or ' art ' music.
  • category: For a long time caste was subsumed under the category of labor.
  • rubric: Yet all these aims can be subsumed under a single rubric.
  • law: I would abolish the offense and have the act subsumed under the general laws against homicide.

Preposition: within

  • NHS: CRAG was subsumed within NHS QIS on 1 January 2003.

Preposition: into

  • culture: She hasn't had time to be subsumed into the culture where the Board agrees with whatever Vint says.

Modifying Another Word

  • largely: These different positions on mitigation were largely subsumed for the remainder of the conference.
  • completely: The transition, however, was never such that the later Speer completely subsumed, or sublated, the earlier.
  • now: Most major items are now subsumed in the Corporate Plan.
  • often: Methodologies are all too often subsumed into the density of the doctoral dissertation, rarely to see the light of the wider academic day.
  • then: It was initially taken over by Watneys, then subsumed in one of the great conglomerates of today.
  • not: In this interpretation, narrower terms are not subsumed.

Object

  • function: This new role will also subsume the functions previously carried out by Assessors within the Faculty.
  • object: Ideally, the impact of subsumed objects in software development should be assessed for each stakeholder.
  • activity: This definition is broad, too broad: one way or another, it subsumes most human activity.
  • work: Subsumed Work to increase competition in DSL by requiring BT to provide interconnection services to enable operators to offer competing DSL services.
  • identity: The Romantic period saw Scottish identity subsumed within a myth of the Highlands.
  • project: But the power of Nancy's position is that he is able to subsume projects like Empire under the general heading of subjectivity.