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Consumption

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Noun

1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

2. consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

3. consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Example Sentences:
'the consumption of energy has increased steadily'

4. consumption, expenditure, using up

the act of consuming something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Consumption

see synonyms of consumption
noun
1. 
the act of consuming or the state of being consumed, esp by eating, burning, etc
2. economics
expenditure on goods and services for final personal use
3. 
the quantity consumed
4. pathology
a condition characterized by a wasting away of the tissues of the body, esp as seen in tuberculosis of the lungs

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Consumption

see synonyms of consumption
noun
1. 
a. 
a consuming or being consumed
b.  Economics
the using up of goods or services, either by consumers or in the production of other goods
c. 
the amount consumed
2. 
a. 
a wasting away of the body
b. 
a disease causing this; esp., formerly, tuberculosis of the lungs

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Consumption

see synonyms of consumption
n.
1.
a. The act or process of consuming.
b. The state of being consumed.
c. An amount consumed.
2. Economics The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.
3.
a. A progressive wasting of body tissue.
b. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.

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