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Definition of subsume verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

subsume

verb

NAmE//səbˈsum//

[usually passive] subsume something + adv./prep. (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they subsume

he / she / it subsumes

past simple subsumed

-ing form subsuming

to include something in a particular group and not consider it separately All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories.

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