C1nounformalacademicscience
US/ˈsʌb.set/
UK/ˈsʌb.set/
a smaller group of things that belong to a larger group
In context
Only a small subset of the data was used in the analysis.
Even numbers are a subset of the whole numbers.
This problem affects a subset of users with older phones.
Words that go with subset
adjective + noun
- a small subsetA small subset of customers complained about the delay.
- proper subsetA proper subset has fewer members than the main set.
noun + preposition
- subset ofThe survey covered a subset of the population.
- a subset of the dataWe tested a subset of the data first.
verb + noun
- select a subsetResearchers select a subset of patients for the trial.
- form a subsetThese words form a subset of the vocabulary list.