(v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
(v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
(v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
(v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
(v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.
(v. t.) To be deserved by.
Example Sentences:
(1) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
(2) Atmaca, who belongs to the Gregorian-Armenian church in Istanbul, said that he nevertheless holds the current pontiff in high regard.
(3) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
(4) It should be noted that about a half of the plasmids (11 out of 21) belonged to the incompatibility group P-7 which up to the present time was conditional, since was represented by a single plasmid Rms 148.
(5) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
(6) Both of these species belong to the serotype B. MCAs T11 and T15, the first recorded with a specificity for only sub-serotype A2 EF, were tested further against 28 sub-serotype A2 and three sub-serotype A2B2EFs from L. tropica strains.
(7) All F. tularensis strains were found to have enzymatic activity irrespective of their subspecies, but neuraminidase activity was higher in the strains belonging to the American subspecies.
(8) Serum levels of vitamins A and E, zinc and iron were determined in healthy control subjects and lepromatous leprosy patients belonging to an eastern state of India.
(9) The four patients with severely impaired CO2 reactivity all belonged to this group.
(10) Frequency and localization of spontaneous and induced by high temperature (37 degrees C) recessive lethal mutations in X-chromosome of females belonging to the 1(1) ts 403 strain defective in synthesis of heat-shock proteins (HSP) were studied.
(11) The results obtained were compared with the data of electron microscopic study of the inferior geniculate body, as they are subcortical formations belonging to the same auditory system but differentiating in their functions.
(12) An ice axe, assumed to belong to Irvine, had been discovered in 1933 by the fourth British expedition to the mountain.
(13) Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by strains belonging to several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikuroi (anamorphs, Fusarium section Liseola), a major pathogen of maize and sorghum worldwide.
(14) The Lea mRNAs belong to only two related groups of commonly regulated mRNAs.
(15) Microscopic examination after removal revealed a tumour belonging to the APUD cell system.
(16) From the fact that most hyperlipidemic men belong to Type IV, hyperlipidemia may constitute a strong "risk" factor in the development of coronary disease in men.
(17) Andrew and his wife Amy belong to Generation Rent, an army of millions, all locked out of home ownership in Britain.
(18) The molecular constituents of the MHC Class II antigen expression characterizing cells belonging to other subsets remained unchanged.
(19) Examination of the NOESY data at 50- and 100-ms mixing times indicated that the kinds of observed NOEs can originate if each of the ten nucleotidyl residues belongs to the B-DNA family, i.e., C2'-endo,anti.
(20) It has me as a listener and I am keen as well on sciences, arts, geography, history and politics, and I belong to two campaigns in Brighton and Chichester against privatisation of the NHS, and with some successes.
Subsume
Definition:
(v. t.) To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dawson argued that the health profession has a history of thinking that social care can be "subsumed by medical decisions" when in reality they are two different cultures.
(2) The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf) made clear that it would stick to an ultimatum it gave Morsi on Monday that urged the embattled president to respond to a wave of mass protests within 48 hours or face an intervention which would in effect subsume his government.
(3) The paper sets out the arguments in favour of utilising both a 'strict' definition corresponding to the 'nuclear' concept of schizophrenia and a 'broader' definition that also subsumes 'atypical' schizophreniform and related syndromes.
(4) "On the one hand, it is strengthening authors' rights, such as by extending the concept of communication to the public, which subsumes the old broadcasting right, to encompass the activities of those who, like TVC, intervene in the distribution of broadcast services.
(5) Over time, this first wave of dating sites began to be subsumed and crushed by the behemoths: Udate, match.com, datingdirect.com , offering simple functionality, instant messaging features and lots of room for photographs.
(6) There are multiple entities subsumed under this title that have in common the primary destruction of central nervous system myelin with relative sparing of axons.
(7) Then the recession hit and austerity became the narrative that subsumed all debates about freedom.
(8) Severance said I was starting to understand just how much of my life was subsumed by these companies.
(9) All the problems which arose when the test sheet was filled out were recorded and subsumed into one of the following categories: comprehension problems, problems with the answer categories, answer tendency, problems with layout.
(10) Although Muslim societies today can be described as generally homophobic, it’s a mistake to view homophobia as a self-contained problem: it’s part of a syndrome in which the rights of individuals are subsumed in the perceived interests of the community and – often – maintaining an “Islamic” ethos.
(11) The working class is redivided into the hard-working taxpayer and the slothful undeserving poor, with the former subsumed into the "people", the latter into its other.
(12) However, the rich diversity of problems that are subsumed under insomnia or sleep disturbance often remain unappreciated.
(13) Changing the term "DNR" to "No ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)" should discourage health-care providers from subsuming other limitations under the directive to withhold resuscitation.
(14) This study pinpoints one dysfunction that could subsume the severe verbal comprehension defect in autistic and aphasic children.
(15) Subsuming the news from Paris into their extremist platforms, Republican hopefuls moulded their usual anti-immigrant stances into positions against allowing any Syrian refugees into the country – on the rare occasion that they could demonstrate any knowledge of the specifics of Obama’s plan to settle 10,000 Syrian refugees in the US.
(16) Essentially, any small party in coalition is in danger of seeing its identity subsumed by its larger partner.
(17) The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was then used to verify the hypothesis that a selective impairment of cognitive functions subsumed by the integrity of frontal lobes could be demonstrated in Parkinsonian patients.
(18) The results show that the glucocorticoid response element-specific DNA binding domain is essential, and that only the sequence including the amino acids that subsume the first zinc finger through about half of the second zinc finger are absolutely necessary.
(19) A number of behaviors often subsumed under the label "quadrumanous climbing" were distinguished in this study.
(20) A range of different dysphoric symptomologies are subsumed under the general diagnostic label of depression.