Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subset

/ˈsʌbˌsɛt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: sub-set
IPA: /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

noun

A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.

verb

To take a subset of.

Transitive verb

verb

To extract only the portions of (a font) that are needed to display a particular document.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The set of integers is a subset of the set of real numbers."
"The set #92;lbracea,b#92;rbrace is a both a subset and a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace while the set #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace is a subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace but not a proper subset of #92;lbracea,b,c#92;rbrace."
"1963, David B. MacNeil, Modern Mathematics for the Practical Man, David Van Nostrand, Republished as 2013, David B. MacNeil, Fundamentals of Modern Mathematics: A Practical Review, Dover, page 3, In the foregoing example, the set D of the first four letters of the alphabet, was a subset of the set A of all the letters of the alphabet, because A includes all the members of D."
"Let A be a subset of the topological space X and take x#92;inX."
"We say that a set S has a finite partition into subsets S#95;1,#92;dots,S#95;n, if S#61;S#95;i#92;cup#92;dots#92;cupS#95;n, where the subsets are pairwise disjoint, that is, S#95;i#92;capS#95;j#61;#92;empty, if i#92;nej. (We do not require that the subsets be nonempty.)"
"We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English set English subset From sub- + set.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

subsets (plural) subsets (present, singular) subsetting (participle, present) subsetted (participle, past) subsetted (past)

Derived Forms

immunosubset multisubset subsethood

Phrases

multiplicative subset proper subset subset classifier

Synonyms

subclass

Antonyms

superclass superset

Questions

How do you pronounce subset?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/.
What does subset mean?: A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.
Where does subset come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English set English subset From sub- + set.

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