to subsume
- verb
- /səbˈsuːm/
- Formal
- The new policies will subsume all existing regulations into a single framework.
- subsumed into the category
- subsumes other
- subsumes two major dimensions
Is it that they're once again subsumed into larger Russia?
- Is it that they're once again subsumed into larger Russia?
- This is two different things, but they're being subsumed into this dialectic.
- It's about asserting Christian beliefs and subsuming those Pagan nature worshippers.
- PDF has its own bitmap graphic capability that subsumes all of those.
- People are caught up in a mob mentality where you lose your sense of individual ego identity and become subsumed into a collective mood.
- It's it's subsumed inside that movement and it's being pushed by the country's top investment firms.
Examples
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Therefore, perspectives such as Anselm's are subsumed into her theology and continue to be valid.
Academic text (1992) -
Other cases cited by the ILC may be subsumed under the category of environmental necessity.
Academic text (2017) -
Feelings toward others and duty are subsumed within a single utility function.
Academic text (1993) -
Third, property of all kinds was subsumed under the same set of inheritance rules.
Academic text (1991) -
The Shades did not support themselves through tourism, nor could they be subsumed into the entertainment industry.
Academic text (1990) -
Some utopian frameworks require individuals to subsume their identities into the collective.
Academic text (2008) -
His anger, too, dissipated, subsumed in a rising tide of grief and memory.
Fiction book (1998) -
Likewise, each component was subsumed by one or more components encompassing a broader framework.
Academic text (1991) -
What new what Einstein did, or what his theory does is subsumes Newton's theory into a deeper, more profound structure.
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Thus the royal blood of the Norman House of Orteville was subsumed into the Hohenstaufens, and Norman rule over Italy was formally ended.
Synonyms
To make a person or thing part of something larger
Add something into a plan or system
To join things or ideas so they form one whole
To include parts or members
To include different things as part of a whole
Include something within a larger group or system
Antonyms
How Inclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
subsume = sub + sume
Formally built from the productive prefix 'sub-' + the Latin combining form 'sume' (not a standalone English word), so the general idea 'take under / include' is somewhat recoverable but not fully transparent to average learners.
Etymology
The word subsume comes from Latin parts sub- meaning 'under' and sumere meaning 'to take', the same root as assume and consume. So to subsume something is to 'take it under' a larger group and include it as part of that group.