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noun
1.
the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
2.
the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline.
3.
Economics. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value.
4.
Pathology.
a.
Older Use. tuberculosis of the lungs.
b.
progressive wasting of the body.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English consumpcyon (< Middle French ) < Latin consūmptiōn- (stem of consūmptiō) a consuming, wasting, equivalent to consūmpt(us), past participle of consūmere to consume (con- con- + sūmp- (variant stem of sūmere to take up, spend) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English consumpcyon (< Middle French ) < Latin consūmptiōn- (stem of consūmptiō) a consuming, wasting, equivalent to consūmpt(us), past participle of consūmere to consume (con- con- + sūmp- (variant stem of sūmere to take up, spend) + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
non·con·sump·tion, noun
o·ver·con·sump·tion, noun
pre·con·sump·tion, noun
self-con·sump·tion, noun
un·der·con·sump·tion, noun
Synonyms
1. depletion, exploitation, utilization.
1. depletion, exploitation, utilization.
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Consumption
is always a great word to know.
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| employee who checks expenditures and finances |
| to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean |
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Word Origin & History
consumption
late 14c., from O.Fr. consomption, from L. consumptionem (nom. consumptio) "a using up, wasting," from consumptus, pp. of consumere (see consume). Earliest sense in English was of wasting disease, in which it replaced O.E. yfeladl "the evil disease." Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.
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consumption con·sump·tion (kən-sŭmp'shən)
n.
The act or process of using up something.
A progressive wasting of body tissue.
Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in technical use.
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