SUBSUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsume mean? 

• SUBSUME (verb)
  The verb SUBSUME has 2 senses:

1. contain or include

2. consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

  Familiarity information: SUBSUME used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSUME (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they subsume    ... he / she / it subsumes   
Past simple: subsumed   
Past participle: subsumed   
-ing form: subsuming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contain or include

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

This new system subsumes the old one

Hypernyms (to "subsume" is one way to...):

include (have as a part, be made up out of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

subsumption (incorporating something under a more general category)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

colligate; subsume

Hypernyms (to "subsume" is one way to...):

include (consider as part of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

subsumption (incorporating something under a more general category)