consumption en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The act of eating, drinking or using.
The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
A Guardia Civil spokesperson said that ayahuasca, San Pedro, toad poison, wild rue and mimosa pudica were prohibited substances in Spain, adding that their consumption was not authorised because, while they were natural substances, they could be highly dangerous to human health.
2025 August 11, Sam Jones, “Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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(uncountable, usually) The amount consumed.
gross national consumption
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(uncountable, usually) The act of consuming or destroying.
Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power.
1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 99:The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- (uncountable, usually) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
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(dated, uncountable, usually) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
'[…] That she was, to all appearance, in the last stage of a consumption, was — yes, in such a situation it was my greatest comfort. Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death; and that was given […]'
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.
1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
- (dated, euphemistic, uncountable, usually) Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
Forms
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Deriveds
cyberconsumption · specific fuel consumption · autoconsumption · virtual consumption · hyperconsumption · consumption weed · anticonsumption · coconsumption · quick consumption · over-consumption · underconsumption · induced consumption · consumptional · conspicuous consumption · overconsumption · consumption good · consumption room · power consumption · prosumption · self-consumption · nonconsumption · metaconsumption · photoconsumption · consumption function · reconsumption
Relateds
Translations (114)
mi whakapaunga (the amount consumed) · da forbrug (the act of consuming something) · cs zničení (the act of consuming something) · de Auszehrung (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · de Konsumption (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · sv konsumtion (the amount consumed) · es consunción (the act of consuming something) · ja 消費 (the act of consuming something) · da tæring (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · mi whakapaunga (the act of consuming something) · es consunción (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · sv konsumtion (the act of consuming something) · km បម្រើបម្រាស់ (the amount consumed) · fi kulutus (the amount consumed) · oc consum (the act of consuming something) · nl wegteren (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · de Verbrauch (the amount consumed) · ml ക്ഷയം (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · it consumo (the act of consuming something) · bg консумиране (the act of consuming something) · ru истоще́ние (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · hu fogyasztás (the act of consuming something) · cmn 消費 /消费 (the act of consuming something) · th การบริโภค (the act of consuming something) · mk потрошувачка (the act of consuming something) · de Aufnahme (the act of consuming something) · ia consumo (the act of consuming something) · pt consumo (the amount consumed) · nl verbruik (the act of consuming something) · it consumo (the amount consumed) · fr consomption (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · de Bedarf (the amount consumed) · mi whakahemonga (the act of consuming something) · de Verbrauch (the act of consuming something) · es consumición (the act of consuming something) · el φθίση (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · nl consumptie (the amount consumed) · grc φθίσις (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · gd caitheamh (the act of consuming something) · es consumo (the act of consuming something) · hi उपभोग (the act of consuming something) · fi kulutus (the act of consuming something) · uk ви́трата (the act of consuming something) · id konsumsi (the act of consuming something) · la absūmēdō (the act of consuming something) · pl konsumpcja (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · bg изразходване (the act of consuming something) · mi whakapetohanga (the act of consuming something) · ru расхо́д (the amount consumed) · sh potrošnja (the act of consuming something) · az istehlak (the act of consuming something) · de Konsum (the amount consumed) · tl pananaid (the act of consuming something) · sh konzumacija (the act of consuming something) · ms konsumsi (the act of consuming something) · sv åtgång (the act of consuming something) · cs konzumace (the act of consuming something) · nl verbruik (the amount consumed) · nl consumptie (the act of consuming something) · bg консумация (the amount consumed) · hi अनुभोग (the act of consuming something) · tr tüketim (the act of consuming something) · fr consommation (the act of consuming something) · es consumimiento (the act of consuming something) · el κατανάλωση (the act of consuming something) · sh потрошња (the act of consuming something) · cs úbytě (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · ar اِسْتِهْلَاك (the act of consuming something) · ro consum (the amount consumed) · it deperimento (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · fi riutuminen (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · el κατανάλωση (the amount consumed) · mi whakapetotanga (the amount consumed) · gd caitheamh (the amount consumed) · ms penggunaan (the act of consuming something) · ka მოხმარება (the act of consuming something) · ko 소비 (the act of consuming something) · hi सेवन (the act of consuming something) · ro consum (the act of consuming something) · uk спожива́ння (the act of consuming something) · cs spotřeba (the amount consumed) · pl konsumpcja (the act of consuming something) · tl pananaid (the amount consumed) · fi kuluttaminen (the act of consuming something) · fr consommation (the amount consumed) · ml കഴിക്കൽ (the act of consuming something) · ca consum (the act of consuming something) · pl konsumpcja (the amount consumed) · da konsum (the act of consuming something) · it consunzione (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · ml ഉപഭോഗം (the act of consuming something) · es consumimiento (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · he צריכה (the act of consuming something) · cs spotřeba (the act of consuming something) · nn konsum (the act of consuming something) · gl consumo (the act of consuming something) · ru потребле́ние (the act of consuming something) · ru потребле́ние (the amount consumed) · de Verzehr (the amount consumed) · ca consum (the amount consumed) · es consumo (the amount consumed) · sh конзумација (the act of consuming something) · es consumición (the amount consumed) · de Konsumtion (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · gd caitheamh (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · nb forbruk (the act of consuming something) · de Verbrauchswert (the amount consumed) · nn forbruk (the act of consuming something) · ca consumpció (wasting-away of the human body through disease) · de Verzehr (the act of consuming something) · de Konsum (the act of consuming something) · pt consumo (the act of consuming something) · nb konsum (the act of consuming something) · gl consumo (the amount consumed)