subsume
C2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To include or absorb a particular case under a more general principle or category.
The law subsumes this incident under a broader class of negligent acts.
Business verb
To absorb something so that it is included within a larger whole.
The regional brands were subsumed into a single global identity after the acquisition.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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