subsume

Definitions

sub- (under) + sume (take) = 'take in under.' You file a smaller thing under a bigger heading, so it's absorbed into the larger category: local rules subsumed under federal law. Close to 'include,' but with a clear hierarchy.

Common Collocations

• 1.subsume under归入……之下
• 2.be subsumed into被并入……
• 3.subsume within纳入……之内

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Many small charities were subsumed into one national body.

• 2.

  These cases can all be subsumed under a single principle.