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subsume

UK/səbˈsjuːm//səbˈsuːm/

subsume verb: to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

Verb

subsume (third-person singular simple present subsumes, present participle subsuming, simple past and past participle subsumed)

  1. (transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
    • Near-synonym: comprise
    • March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary
      A few years later (in a paper published by the Royal Society in 1970, by which time Hawking had become a fellow “for distinction in science” of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge), he and I...
    Synonyms:
    comprise
  2. (transitive) To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.
    Synonyms:
    colligate

subsume meaning in Tamil

subsume in Tamil

கலந்துகொள், பங்கேற்றுக்கொள், இணைத்துக்கொள், வரிசைப்படுத்து, தொடர்புபடுத்து, சேர்ப்பு

Examples of subsume in a sentence

  • CTUK work with lorry drivers to help them subsume the experience of cyclists.
  • All hindrances on the path to liberation are subsumed under the four maras.
  • Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses.

All 12 example sentences with subsume

Synonyms of subsume

Forms of subsume

third-person singular presentsubsumes
present participlesubsuming
past participlesubsumed
pastsubsumed

Origin of subsume

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subsūmere, from sub- + sūmō (“to take”). Compare English consume.

Words formed from subsume

Words that rhyme with subsume

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Questions about subsume

What does subsume mean?
Subsume means to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
What is subsume in Tamil?
Subsume in Tamil is கலந்துகொள், பங்கேற்றுக்கொள், இணைத்துக்கொள். See Subsume meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subsume?
Subsume is a verb.
How do you pronounce subsume?
Subsume is pronounced /səbˈsjuːm/ (UK).
What is the past tense of subsume?
The past tense of subsume is subsumed.

Words near subsume in the dictionary

  1. subsultus
  2. subsum
  3. subsumability
  4. subsumable
  5. subsumation
  6. subsume
  7. subsumed
  8. subsumer
  9. subsumers
  10. subsumes
  11. subsumeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsume (page history and authors); subsume (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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