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Word: Subsume
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘subjoin, add’): from medieval Latin subsumere, from sub- ‘from below’ + sumere ‘take’. The current sense dates from the early 19th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səbˈsjuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
include or absorb (something) in something else
Short Definition:include or absorb something in something else
Examples:- most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories
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