subsume
verb /səbˈsjuːm/
/səbˈsuːm/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they subsume | /səbˈsjuːm/ /səbˈsuːm/ |
| he / she / it subsumes | /səbˈsjuːmz/ /səbˈsuːmz/ |
| past simple subsumed | /səbˈsjuːmd/ /səbˈsuːmd/ |
| past participle subsumed | /səbˈsjuːmd/ /səbˈsuːmd/ |
| -ing form subsuming | /səbˈsjuːmɪŋ/ /səbˈsuːmɪŋ/ |
- to include something in a particular group and not consider it separately
- be subsumed + adv.prep. All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories.
- subsume something The new party subsumed several small left-wing parties.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘add’): from medieval Latin subsumere, from sub- ‘from below’ + sumere ‘take’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.