consumption, n.
(consumptions)
freq. cnt. 2
(consumptions)
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the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2
consumption ingestion intake uptake
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the act of consuming something
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consumption expenditure using up
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(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
<noun.process> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
consumption economic consumption usance use use of goods and services
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"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
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involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
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consumption phthisis pulmonary tuberculosis wasting disease white plague
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