consumption
pronunciation
How to pronounce consumption in British English:
UK [kənˈsʌmpʃn]
How to pronounce consumption in American English:
US [kənˈsʌmpʃn]
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- Noun:
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the act of consuming something
Word Origin
- consumption (n.)
- late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative consumptio) "a using up, wasting," noun of state from past participle stem of consumere (see consume). Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.
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Example
- 1. Shift to greater domestic consumption ?
- 2. China alone needs higher consumption .
- 3. Consumption drives the u.s. economy .
- 4. That will push consumption up .
- 5. State ownership depresses consumption demand .