subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term "color"
Examples of subsume in a Sentence
games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
Visitors are quickly subsumed in a rocky ravine of 400 species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers where deer, fox, beavers and rabbits hunt and drink from the river and natural spring.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Many high-skill roles will be subsumed, and leaders will need to adapt.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
After the war, the Nazis were held accountable for civilian starvation actions at the Nuremberg tribunals, although such measures were subsumed under meta-crimes such as extermination.
—Boyd Van Dijk, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsume
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“Subsume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsume. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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subsume
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sub·sume
səb-ˈsüm 
subsumed; subsuming
: to include or place within something larger or more general
red and green are subsumed under the term "color"
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