subset
UK/ˈsʌbˌsɛt/
subset noun: a set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
Noun
subset (plural subsets)
- A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
- The set of integers is a subset of the set of real numbers.
- The set #92;lbracea,b#92;rbrace is a both a subset and a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace while the set #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace is a subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace but not a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace.
- A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
- We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.
- Interestingly, this [the core lexicon] is not all of the words of the language: It turns out that most of the words in a language from an industrialized culture come from narrow semantic domains, such that only a subset of speakers know them.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2
Verb
subset (third-person singular simple present subsets, present participle subsetting, simple past and past participle subsetted)
subset meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
subset in Hindi
- set whose elements are within another given set
- उपसमुच्चय upasmuccay
subset in Tamil
- உட்கணம்
subset in Marathi
- उपसंच, उपसमुच्चय, उपसंचय
subset in Urdu
- سبسیٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- subset in Bengali
- উপসেট, সাবসেট, উপসেট করতে
- subset in Malayalam
- ഉപസെറ്റ്, ഉപസെറ്റിലേക്ക്
- subset in Punjabi
- ਉਪਸਮੂਹ upasmūh
- subset in Gujarati
- સબસેટ, સબસેટ કરવા માટે
- subset in Odia
- ଉପସେଟ, ଉପସେଟ୍, ଉପସମୁଚ୍ଚଯ଼
- subset in Nepali
- उपसमुच्चय गर्न, उपसेट गर्न
- subset in Tagalog
- kubtangkas
- subset in Vietnamese
- tập hợp con, tập con
Examples of subset in a sentence
- The subsets of a set X which constitute a topology are called the open sets of X.
- The echidna is a monotreme, which is the extremely small subset of oviparous mammals.
- The Archimedean property of real numbers means that the natural numbers form a cofinal subset of ℝ.
Synonyms of subset
Antonyms
Forms of subset
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subsets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subsets |
| present participle | subsetting |
| past participle | subsetted |
| past | subsetted |
Origin of subset
From sub- + set.
Words formed from subset
Phrases with subset
Questions about subset
- What does subset mean?
- Subset means a set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
- What is subset in Hindi?
- Subset in Hindi is उपसमुच्चय (upasmuccay). See Subset meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subset?
- Subset can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subset?
- Subset is pronounced /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of subset?
- The plural of subset is subsets.
Words near subset in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subset (page history and authors); subset (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subset (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subset (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subset (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subset (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਉਪਸਮੂਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); subset (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subset (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subset (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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