noun#4,012 by frequency
consumption
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
The act of eating, drinking or using; Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc; The amount consumed; The act of consuming or destroying
- plural
- consumptions
Meanings
- 1
The act of eating, drinking or using
The doctor told Tom to reduce his red meat consumption.
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- 2
Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc
- 3
The amount consumed
- 4
The act of consuming or destroying
- 5
The wasting away of the human body through disease
- 6
Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes)rare