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consumption [ con·sump·tion ]
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1. The action of using up a resource.
We can start by reducing our energy consumption and turning to renewable resources.
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2. The action of eating or drinking something.
liquor is sold for consumption off the premises
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3. An amount of something which is used up or ingested.
Last week, the daily consumption was around 35 megalitres.
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4. The purchase of goods and services by the public.
industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption
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5. The reception of information or entertainment by a mass audience.
We consume images, ideas, and information until consumption itself is a form of production.
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6. A wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
his mother had died of consumption
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1. Late Middle English from Latin consumptio(n-), from the verb consumere (see consume).
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