subsumed

[ suhb-soomd ]

adjective

1. considered under, or taken up into, a larger or more inclusive category, proposition, entity, rule, term, etc.:

   With irrigated agriculture as the primary use for the Tribal award monies, the court also recognized subsumed uses including livestock, domestic, and commercial purposes.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of subsume.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subsumed¹

subsume ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Or will our imagination have been subsumed by the robots?

From Salon

By then, the controversies that always lapped at Alatorre had subsumed his career.

From Los Angeles Times

"At best, football in Hong Kong can look forward to a future of neutrality. At worst, it may face extinction as it becomes subsumed into mainland structures and governance."

From BBC

The judge had previously defended women’s right to property in their own name rather than subsumed under her husband’s.

From Los Angeles Times

And taken together, Kristof’s column and post unintentionally underlined what so many women were trying to say: In heterosexual marriages, women’s priorities and feelings are too often subsumed by the priorities and feelings of men.

From Seattle Times