subsume
IPA: sˈʌbsˈum
verb
- To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
- To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule; to colligate
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Examples of "subsume" in Sentences
- Fruits subsume apples and oranges.
- But his mannerisms subsume the performance.
- It threatens to subsume the entire landscape.
- The one side usually tries to subsume the other.
- Quite obviously the diatonic scale 'subsumes' the major scale.
- The town has been subsumed into the neighboring town of Colona.
- Aesthetic concerns subsumed the didactic and a sense of form developed.
- Prefix and suffix may be subsumed under the term adfix in contrast to infix.
- The APRN model will subsume geriatric medicine training into a broader category.
- The Bill will subsume conservation area consent into the town and country planning system.