consumption
The act of eating, drinking or usingThe act of eating, drinking or using.
» Alcohol consumption is increasing every year.
Der Alkoholkonsum steigt mit jedem Jahr. — Zaghawa
Потребление алкоголя растёт с каждым годом. — Hellerick
Споживання алкоголю збільшується щороку. — ayna123
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6 senses(uncountable, usually)The act of eating, drinking or using.
The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
the act of consuming something
(uncountable, usually)The amount consumed.
gross national consumption
Verbrauch, Verbrauchswert, Verzehr
потребле́ниеpotreblénije, расхо́дrasxód
(uncountable, usually)The act of consuming or destroying.
The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
Konsum, Verzehr, Verbrauch
потребле́ниеpotreblénije
спожива́нняspožyvánnja, ви́тратаvýtrata
(uncountable, usually)The wasting away of the human body through disease.
Auszehrung, Konsumption, Konsumtion
истоще́ниеistoščénije
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
(dated, uncountable, usually)Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
(dated, euphemistic, uncountable, usually)Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
Examples
88 sentencesAlcohol consumption is increasing every year.
Споживання алкоголю збільшується щороку. — ayna123
ruПотребление алкоголя растёт с каждым годом. — Hellerick
deDer Alkoholkonsum steigt mit jedem Jahr. — Zaghawa
The price doesn't include consumption tax.
The price includes the consumption tax.
The doctor told Tom to reduce his red meat consumption.
ruДоктор сказал Тому, чтобы тот съедал меньше красного мяса. — Ooneykcall
deDer Arzt sagte Tom, er solle weniger rotes Fleisch essen. — Manfredo
Tom has consumption.
Translations
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Origin
From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumFrom con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.
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Forms
plural: consumptions| Singular | consumption |
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uncountable
Synonyms
13 synonyms- the act of consuming something:using upexpenditure
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating):ingestionintakeuptake
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing:economic consumptionusanceuseuse of goods and services
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body:pulmonary tuberculosisphthisiswasting diseasewhite plague
Word family
24 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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