subsume

sub·sume

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verb

Subsume is to absorb, contain or include something into something else.

When a new company takes over the old company so that the old company becomes one with the new, this is an example of where the new company subsumes the old.
When the solution of a problem is rolled into the implementation plan for a larger problem, this is an example of subsume.

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subsume

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.

Origin of subsume

Modern Latin subsumere from Classical Latin sub-, under + sumere, to take: see consume

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subsume

transitive verb

sub·sumed, sub·sum·ing, sub·sumes

To classify or include in a more comprehensive category or under a general principle: “When late eighteenth-century Americans spoke of politics, they referred to a broad set of principles that they subsumed under the heading of republicanism” ( Eric Foner )
To absorb (something) into or cause (something) to be overshadowed by something else: “The moment's regret was subsumed in the needs of the next moment” ( Diana Gabaldon )

Origin of subsume

Medieval Latin subsūmere Latin sub- sub- Latin sūmere to take ; see em- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

sub·sum′a·ble
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)

To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain under something else.
To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate

Origin

From Late Latin subsumÅ, equivalent to the Latin sub- (“sub-") and sÅ«mÅ (“to take"), confer the English consume.

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