subsume
subsume
Definition
sub·sume (səb so̵̅o̅m′, -syo̵̅o̅m′)
transitive verb -·sumed′, -·sum′·ing
- to include within a larger class, group, order, etc.
- 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.
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