Definition of subsume Subsume
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We found 8 definitions of subsume from 6 different sources.
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What does subsume mean?
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| subsume - consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | ||
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| include add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group" | ||
| subsume - contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one" | ||
| include add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- subsume (v. t.)
To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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subsume
To include or contain under something else.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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subsume
sub-sūm′, v.t. to place any one cognition under another as belonging to it, as 'All horses are animals'—the minor premise is a Subsump′tion under the major.—adj. Subsump′tive
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🔤- subsume, verb, present, 1st person singular of subsume (infinitive).
- subsume, verb (infinitive).
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