consumption

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/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

heavy, high

Americans have heavy consumption of fast food compared to many other countries.

low | average | overall, total | excessive | conspicuous

annual, daily

The factory reduced its daily consumption of electricity by installing new solar panels.

per capita

domestic, local, home

The family's local consumption of organic vegetables has increased significantly over the past year.

future

People are buying less meat as they think about their future consumption habits.

alcohol, beer, cigarette, food, meat, tobacco, water | electricity, energy, fuel, gas, oil, petrol, power

QUANT

level

VERB + CONSUMPTION

boost, encourage, increase, stimulate

Lower prices helped boost consumption of electric vehicles in the market last year.

cut down, reduce

Many families are cutting down their energy consumption to lower their monthly bills.

CONSUMPTION + VERB

go up, increase, rise | decline, decrease, fall, go down

CONSUMPTION + NOUN

expenditure, spending | figures, levels | habits, patterns

PREP

for sb's ~

PHRASES

fit/unfit for human consumption

Definitions

noun

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.

The amount consumed.

gross national consumption

The act of consuming or destroying.

The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power.

The wasting away of the human body through disease.

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

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of consuming something

expenditure

noun — the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (

noun — (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy nee

noun — involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

phthisis

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.

Wiktionary

gross national consumption

Wiktionary

In general, people were against the consumption tax.

Tatoeba · #21788

The price doesn't include consumption tax.

Tatoeba · #24432

A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.

Tatoeba · #33305

Usage Notes

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