noun
1. the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion)
• Syn: ↑minor premise, ↑minor premiss
• Hypernyms: ↑premise, ↑premiss, ↑assumption
• Part Holonyms: ↑syllogism
• Part Meronyms: ↑minor term, ↑middle term
2. incorporating something under a more general category
• Derivationally related forms: ↑subsume
• Hypernyms: ↑classification, ↑categorization, ↑categorisation, ↑sorting
Useful english dictionary. 2012.