subsuming
Taking under itself
Subsuming is including something within a larger category or absorbing it into a broader whole.
A general principle subsumes specific cases; a corporate merger subsumes the smaller company into the larger one.
The new department subsumed three previously separate offices.
The word suggests that the subsumed thing loses some distinctness by becoming part of something else.
Holding attention completely
- incorporatingAdding as a component
- integratingCombining into a whole
- assimilatingAbsorbing into a whole
- engulfingSurrounding and consuming completely
swallowing · enveloping · co-opting · annexing · embracing · enfolding · taking in · appropriating
Blending into one
- amalgamatingUniting into a whole
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- combiningJoining multiple elements
- unifyingMaking disparate elements one
fusing · blending · coalescing · synthesizing · aggregating · pooling · converging · centralizing
Assigning to groups
- classifyingSorting into types
- subordinatingMaking dependent or inferior
- includingContaining as part
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
nesting · organizing · ranking · ordering · systematizing · sorting · arranging · hierarchizing
absorbing
Holding attention completely
- incorporatingAdding as a component
- integratingCombining into a whole
- assimilatingAbsorbing into a whole
engulfing · swallowing · enveloping · co-opting · annexing · embracing · enfolding · taking in · appropriating · internalizing
merging
Blending into one
- amalgamatingUniting into a whole
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
- combiningJoining multiple elements
unifying · fusing · blending · coalescing · synthesizing · aggregating · pooling · converging · centralizing · collecting
categorizing
Assigning to groups
- classifyingSorting into types
- subordinatingMaking dependent or inferior
- includingContaining as part
grouping · nesting · organizing · ranking · ordering · systematizing · sorting · arranging · hierarchizing
subsumingexcluding
Leaving something out
omitting · leaving out · barring · excepting · rejecting
subsumingseparating
Dividing into parts
dividing · fragmenting · partitioning · segregating · splitting
subsumingparticularizing
Making individually distinct
specifying · distinguishing · differentiating · singling out · individualizing
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