subsume

Related to subsume: subsumption

sub·sume

(səb-so͞om′)

tr.v. sub·sumed, sub·sum·ing, sub·sumes

1. 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).

2. 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).

[Medieval Latin subsūmere : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

sub·sum′a·ble adj.

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subsume

(səbˈsjuːm)

vb (tr)

1. to incorporate (an idea, proposition, case, etc) under a comprehensive or inclusive classification or heading

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

[C16: from New Latin subsumere, from Latin sub- + sumere to take]

subˈsumable adj

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sub•sume

(səbˈsum)

v.t. -sumed, -sum•ing.

1. to consider or include (an idea, term, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.

2. to bring (a case, instance, etc.) under a rule.

3. to take up into a more inclusive classification.

[1525–35; < Medieval Latin subsūmere= Latin sub- sub- + sūmere to take; see consume]

sub•sum′a•ble, adj.

subsume

Past participle: subsumed
Gerund: subsuming

Imperative
subsume
subsume

Present
I subsume
you subsume
he/she/it subsumes
we subsume
you subsume
they subsume

Preterite
I subsumed
you subsumed
he/she/it subsumed
we subsumed
you subsumed
they subsumed

Present Continuous
I am subsuming
you are subsuming
he/she/it is subsuming
we are subsuming
you are subsuming
they are subsuming

Present Perfect
I have subsumed
you have subsumed
he/she/it has subsumed
we have subsumed
you have subsumed
they have subsumed

Past Continuous
I was subsuming
you were subsuming
he/she/it was subsuming
we were subsuming
you were subsuming
they were subsuming

Past Perfect
I had subsumed
you had subsumed
he/she/it had subsumed
we had subsumed
you had subsumed
they had subsumed

Future
I will subsume
you will subsume
he/she/it will subsume
we will subsume
you will subsume
they will subsume

Future Perfect
I will have subsumed
you will have subsumed
he/she/it will have subsumed
we will have subsumed
you will have subsumed
they will have subsumed

Future Continuous
I will be subsuming
you will be subsuming
he/she/it will be subsuming
we will be subsuming
you will be subsuming
they will be subsuming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subsuming
you have been subsuming
he/she/it has been subsuming
we have been subsuming
you have been subsuming
they have been subsuming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subsuming
you will have been subsuming
he/she/it will have been subsuming
we will have been subsuming
you will have been subsuming
they will have been subsuming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subsuming
you had been subsuming
he/she/it had been subsuming
we had been subsuming
you had been subsuming
they had been subsuming

Conditional
I would subsume
you would subsume
he/she/it would subsume
we would subsume
you would subsume
they would subsume

Past Conditional
I would have subsumed
you would have subsumed
he/she/it would have subsumed
we would have subsumed
you would have subsumed
they would have subsumed

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Verb	1.	subsume - contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one" include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
	2.	subsume - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle colligate include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"

subsume

verb

To have as a part:

comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, take in.

Translations

einordnen subsumieren

εντάσσω υπάγω

liittääsisällyttää

subsumer

classificare includere sussumere

onderbrengenplaatsen in

classificar incluir subordinar

включать в какую-л. категорию

subsume

[sʌbˈsjuːm] VT (frm) → subsumir

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subsume

vt to subsume something under something → etw unter etw (dat) → zusammenfassen or subsumieren (geh)

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subsume

[səbˈsjuːm] vt to subsume within/under (frm) → includere in, inglobare in

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Summary: Buenos Aires [Argentina] March 22 (ANI): Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin while talking at the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation at Buenos Aires said that attempts to subsume South-South cooperation into international aid architecture are not helpful as it does not fit into this straitjacket.

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The President said if intolerance is not controlled it may subsume our achievements in war against terrorism.

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Although it may at first appear unlikely that all future computing paradigms, such as quantum computation, will subsume the capabilities of current computers, this is actually quite plausible since these capabilities are founded on simple, universal, mathematical, and logical operations whose future utility seems certain no matter what new capabilities are added to them.

Preservation of the times

Unlike most acquisitions too, this one doesn't seem likely to merely subsume the target company under the buyer's banner.

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In general, for an unsupported pattern U, the positive rewriting is the conjunction of all the supported patterns [U.sub.i] that subsume U, i.e., U [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] ([U.sub.i]).

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government and power elites are trying to subsume our country under a United Nations-controlled one-world government, endangering the sovereignty of the United States and the validity of its constitution.

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(26) Note that the Bengali jati can mean both "caste" and "class," and is indeed used here to subsume both senses.

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The EU is creating a military force that will subsume all national military forces.