/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/► audioScrabble 17Words With Friends 23
Definition
noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
— synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake
noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.
— synonyms: pulmonary_tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting_disease, white_plague
noun (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing.
— synonyms: economic_consumption, usance, use, use_of_goods_and_services
noun the act of consuming something.
— synonyms: using_up, expenditure
Examples
“The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.”
“gross national consumption”
“The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.”