consume
pronunciation
How to pronounce consume in British English:
UK [kənˈsjuːm]
How to pronounce consume in American English:
US [kənˈsuːm]
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- Verb:
- eat immoderately
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- spend extravagantly
- destroy completely
- use up (resources or materials)
- engage fully
Word Origin
- consume (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French consumer "to consume" (12c.) and directly from Latin consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take" (see exempt (adj.)).
Antonym
Example
- 1. These families typically consume much less than their income .
- 2. Relationships tend to consume a lot of your emotional energy .
- 3. Such internal squabbles consume so much energy that bosnians miss opportunities without even realising it .
- 4. Minimalism refuses to consume beyond our means .
- 5. In short , urbanites consume less but produce more .