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Meaning of 'consumption' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Consumption [ n.]
- The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
- The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
- A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

Meaning of 'consumption' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . consumption [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Example in sentence:
  • the consumption of energy has increased steadily

Nearby Words:

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