subsume

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verb

Definition of SUBSUME

to have as part of a whole <games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”>

Synonyms carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, subsume, take in

Related Words comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate

Near Antonyms ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace

Antonyms exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit