consumption

B1
Pronunciation
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
Noun
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act of eating, drinking or using.

Example Sentences
  • The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
2 Definition

The amount consumed.

Example Sentences
  • gross national consumption
3 Definition

The act of consuming or destroying.

Example Sentences
  • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
4 Definition

The wasting away of the human body through disease.

5 Definition

Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.