consumption

consumption: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ heavy, high

▪ the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world

▪ low

▪ average

▪ overall, total

▪ excessive, moderate

▪ conspicuous (= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are)

▪ annual, daily

▪ Reducing our annual consumption of energy is an important first step.

▪ current

▪ per capita

▪ domestic, home, local

▪ It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.

▪ Half of the small crop was kept for home consumption.

▪ world

▪ household

▪ individual, personal

▪ mass

▪ public

▪ private

▪ future

▪ households that save for future consumption

▪ alcohol, beer, cigarette, drug, food, meat, tobacco, water, wine

▪ electricity, energy, fuel, gas, gasoline (AmE), oil, petrol (BrE), power

… OF CONSUMPTION

▪ level

VERB + CONSUMPTION

▪ boost, encourage, increase, promote, stimulate

▪ Doctors say that we need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables.

▪ The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption.

▪ cut down, lower, reduce

▪ You need to reduce your alcohol consumption.

CONSUMPTION + VERB

▪ go up, grow, increase, rise

▪ decline, decrease, fall, go down

CONSUMPTION + NOUN

▪ expenditure

▪ figures, levels, rate

▪ habits, patterns

▪ goods

▪ tax

PREPOSITION

▪ for sb's consumption (= intended to be read or heard by sb)

▪ The documents were not for public consumption.

PHRASES

▪ fit for human consumption, unfit for human consumption (= safe/not safe to be eaten)

▪ meat that is unfit for human consumption

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Synonyms:

Extinction, destruction, waste, expenditure, use, using up / Phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, decline, tabes, gradual wasting, progressive emaciation

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consumption — con‧sump‧tion [kənˈsʌmpʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. COMMERCE ECONOMICS the amount of goods, services, energy, or natural materials used in a particular period of time: • Texas is second only to California in beer consumption. • Cuban households… … Financial and business terms
Consumption — may refer to: Economics Use of final goods by a consumer until disposal Consumption (economics) Consumption function, an economic formula Consumption (ecology) Other Consumption, an archaic name for pulmonary tuberculosis ingestion of food and… … Wikipedia
consumption — I noun confectio, consumptio, decay, decomposition, decrement, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminishment, diminution, dissipation, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, ravage, ruin, ruination, squandering, usage, use, using up,… … Law dictionary
consumption — Consumption. sub. f. v. Il se dit de certaines choses que l on consume. Il se fait une grande consumption de bois dans cette maison. la victime fut bruslée jusques à son entiere consumption. la consumption des especes sacramentales. Il signifie… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Consumption — Con*sump tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. [1913 Webster] Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
consumption — sectors … Dictionary of sociology
consumption — late 14c., wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease (replacing O.E. yfeladl the evil disease ), from O.Fr. consumpcion, from L. consumptionem (nom. consumptio) a using up, wasting, from consumpt , pp. stem of consumere (see CONSUME (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
consumption — in the meaning ‘a disease causing wasting of the tissues’, has been replaced in the 20c by more specific clinical names, especially by tuberculosis or TB … Modern English usage
consumption — [n] devouring; use burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, expenditure, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, using up, utilization … New thesaurus
consumption — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of consuming. 2) an amount consumed. 3) dated a wasting disease, especially tuberculosis. DERIVATIVES consumptive adjective & noun (dated ) … English terms dictionary
consumption — [kən sump′shən] n. [ME consumpcioun < OFr consomption < L consumptio < consumptus, pp. of consumere] 1. a) a consuming or being consumed b) Econ. the using up of goods or services, either by consumers or in the production of other goods… … English World dictionary

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