Definitions

subsumed

[suhb-soomd] / səbˈsumd /

ADJECTIVE

included

Synonyms

STRONG

admitted combined comprehended comprised constituted counted covered embodied enclosed encompassed entered incorporated inserted involved numbered

WEAK

built in part of

Antonyms

WEAK

excluded left out rejected

ADVERB

under

Synonyms

WEAK

amenable belonging collateral consequent corollary dependent directed following governed in the power of included inferior junior lesser low lower obedient obeying reporting sub subject subjugated subordinate subsequent subservient subsidiary substract

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

Example Sentences

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The fake world has subsumed the real world, eradicating it and leaving nothing in its place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Washington’s intention to wage a humane and gentlemanly war for American independence was subsumed by proliferating mayhem, especially on the remote frontiers, where practices such as scalping were well established.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

It was abolished in 2012 and subsumed into NHS England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

America’s crisis and failure of imagination has been subsumed by a horrible reality — one that is not going away anytime soon.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Fuerte for that reason was a characteristic subsumed by the last of the three qualities, and the one I most often considered—formal.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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