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| NOUN | 1 | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
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| 2 | consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague | Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | |
| 3 | consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | |
| 4 | consumption, using up, expenditure | The act of consuming something |
| Sounds | kahnsah'mpshahn; kahnsah'mshahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). |
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| Synonyms | ingestion, intake, uptake |
| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity |
| Narrower | eating, feeding; swallow, drink, deglutition; sucking, suck, suction; drinking, imbibing, imbibition |
| Verbs | consume |
| Meaning | Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body. |
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| Synonyms | pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague |
| Broader | tuberculosis, TB, T.B. |
| Meaning | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. |
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| Examples | "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" |
| Synonyms | economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services |
| Category | economics, economic science, political economy |
| Broader | demand |
| Narrower | conspicuous consumption |
| Meaning | The act of consuming something. |
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| Synonyms | using up, expenditure |
| Broader | depletion |
| Narrower | burnup |
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