| NOUN | act | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
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| state | consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague | involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | |
| process | consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing | |
| act | consumption, using up, expenditure | the act of consuming something |
| Sounds | kahnsah'mpshahn; kahnsah'mshahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). | |
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| Synonyms | ingestion, intake, uptake | |
| Narrower | drinking, imbibing, imbibition | The act of consuming liquids / liquids |
| eating, feeding | The act of consuming food | |
| sucking, suck, suction | The act of sucking / sucking | |
| swallow, drink, deglutition | The act of swallowing | |
| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity | An organic process that takes place in the body |
| Spanish | consumo, ingesta, ingestión | |
| Catalan | consum, ingesta, ingestió | |
| Verbs | consume | serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
| 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. | infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages / stages) |
| Spanish | tisis, tuberculosis, tuberculosis pulmonar | |
| Catalan | tisi, tuberculosi, tuberculosi pulmonar | |
| Meaning | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing. | |
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| Example | "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" | |
| Synonyms | economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | |
| Category | economics, economic science, political economy | The branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management |
| Narrower | conspicuous consumption | buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth |
| Broader | demand | The ability and desire to purchase goods and services |
| Spanish | consumo | |
| Catalan | consum | |
| Meaning | The act of consuming something. | |
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| Synonyms | using up, expenditure | |
| Narrower | burnup | The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) |
| Broader | depletion | The act of decreasing something markedly |
| Spanish | consumo | |
| Catalan | consum | |
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