subsume

🇺🇸 /səbˈsuːm/ 🇬🇧 /səbˈsjuːm/
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Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to consider something as part of a larger group or category

The smaller topics are subsumed by the main subject of the lecture.

translation

v. to consider something as part of a larger group or category

Word Forms

3rd Present subsumes
Past subsumed
Perfect subsumed
Progressive subsuming