consumption

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noun

1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
ingestion, intake, uptake
• Derivationally related forms:
ingest (for: ingestion), consume
• Hypernyms:
bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
• Hyponyms:
eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition,
sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
• Syn:
pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
• Hypernyms:
tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- the consumption of energy has increased steadily
• Syn:
economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
• Derivationally related forms:
use (for: use)
• Topics:
economics, economic science, political economy
• Hypernyms:
demand
• Hyponyms:
conspicuous consumption
4. the act of consuming something
• Syn:
using up, expenditure
• Derivationally related forms:
expend (for: expenditure)
• Hypernyms:
depletion
• Hyponyms:
burnup

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  using up, expenditure, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services, pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague, ingestion, intake, uptake