subsume

verb

/səbˈsjuːm/

/səbˈsuːm/

[often passive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they subsume	/səbˈsjuːm/ /səbˈsuːm/
he / she / it subsumes	/səbˈsjuːmz/ /səbˈsuːmz/
past simple subsumed	/səbˈsjuːmd/ /səbˈsuːmd/
past participle subsumed	/səbˈsjuːmd/ /səbˈsuːmd/
-ing form subsuming	/səbˈsjuːmɪŋ/ /səbˈsuːmɪŋ/

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to include something in a particular group and not consider it separately将…归入（或纳入）
- be subsumed + adv.prep. All these different ideas can be subsumed under just two broad categories.所有这些不同的想法可归为两大类。
- subsume something The new party subsumed several small left-wing parties.这个新政党包括几个小型左翼政党。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘add’): from medieval Latin subsumere, from sub- ‘from below’ + sumere ‘take’. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.