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consumption meaning

EN[kənˈsʌmp.ʃən]
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WConsumption
  • Consumption may refer to:
  • Biology
  • Consumption (ecology)
  • Consumption (disease), an archaic name for tuberculosis
  • Ingestion of food and drink
  • Economics
  • Consumption (economics)
  • Consumption function, an economic formula
  • Use of final goods from a consumer until disposal
  • Sociology
  • Consumption (sociology)

    Definition of consumption in English Dictionary

  • NounPREcon-SUF-tion
    1. The act of consuming, i.e., burning something.
      1. The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
    2. The act of eating, drinking or using.
      1. The amount consumed.
        1. gross national consumption
      2. (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
        1. (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • The consumption of snack food is linked with obesity.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • Actually, competition may cause a shift in niche partitioning of plant resources (i.e., flower vs. leaf), which consequently affects the extraguild prey consumption.
            • Other grades of paper, such as uncoated free sheet paper used in electronic printers and copiers, are increasing in per capita consumption.
            • When we see someone eat a hamburger in a commercial, we store that experience as having happened in reality when, in reality, it was a case of virtual consumption.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Singularia tantum
              • Uncountable nouns
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          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of consumption for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "consumption" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum.
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