consumption
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nounADJECTIVE▪ heavy, high▪
the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world
▪ low▪ average▪ overall, total▪ excessive, moderate▪ conspicuous (= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are)▪ annual, daily▪Reducing our annual consumption of energy is an important first step.
▪ current▪ per capita▪ domestic, home, local▪It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.
▪Half of the small crop was kept for home consumption.
▪ world▪ household▪ individual, personal▪ mass▪ public▪ private▪ future▪households that save for future consumption
▪ alcohol, beer, cigarette, drug, food, meat, tobacco, water, wine▪ electricity, energy, fuel, gas, gasoline (AmE), oil, petrol (BrE), power… OF CONSUMPTION▪ levelVERB + CONSUMPTION▪ boost, encourage, increase, promote, stimulate▪Doctors say that we need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables.
▪The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption.
▪ cut down, lower, reduce▪You need to reduce your alcohol consumption.
CONSUMPTION + VERB▪ go up, grow, increase, rise▪ decline, decrease, fall, go downCONSUMPTION + NOUN▪ expenditure▪ figures, levels, rate▪ habits, patterns▪ goods▪ taxPREPOSITION▪ for sb's consumption (= intended to be read or heard by sb)▪The documents were not for public consumption.
PHRASES▪ fit for human consumption, unfit for human consumption (= safe/not safe to be eaten)▪meat that is unfit for human consumption
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consumption — con‧sump‧tion [kənˈsʌmpʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. COMMERCE ECONOMICS the amount of goods, services, energy, or natural materials used in a particular period of time: • Texas is second only to California in beer consumption. • Cuban households… … Financial and business terms
Consumption — may refer to: Economics Use of final goods by a consumer until disposal Consumption (economics) Consumption function, an economic formula Consumption (ecology) Other Consumption, an archaic name for pulmonary tuberculosis ingestion of food and… … Wikipedia
consumption — I noun confectio, consumptio, decay, decomposition, decrement, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminishment, diminution, dissipation, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, ravage, ruin, ruination, squandering, usage, use, using up,… … Law dictionary
consumption — Consumption. sub. f. v. Il se dit de certaines choses que l on consume. Il se fait une grande consumption de bois dans cette maison. la victime fut bruslée jusques à son entiere consumption. la consumption des especes sacramentales. Il signifie… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Consumption — Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
consumption — sectors … Dictionary of sociology
consumption — late 14c., wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease (replacing O.E. yfeladl the evil disease ), from O.Fr. consumpcion, from L. consumptionem (nom. consumptio) a using up, wasting, from consumpt , pp. stem of consumere (see CONSUME (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
consumption — in the meaning ‘a disease causing wasting of the tissues’, has been replaced in the 20c by more specific clinical names, especially by tuberculosis or TB … Modern English usage
consumption — [n] devouring; use burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, using up, utilization … New thesaurus
consumption — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of consuming. 2) an amount consumed. 3) dated a wasting disease, especially tuberculosis. DERIVATIVES consumptive adjective & noun (dated ) … English terms dictionary
consumption — [kən sump′shən] n. [ME consumpcioun < OFr consomption < L consumptio < consumptus, pp. of consumere] 1. a) a consuming or being consumed b) Econ. the using up of goods or services, either by consumers or in the production of other goods… … English World dictionary
