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consumption
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consumption in WordNet English dictionary
noun
the act of consuming something
consumption
using up
expenditure
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
consumption
ingestion
intake
uptake
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
"the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
consumption
economic consumption
usance
use
use of goods and services
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
pulmonary tuberculosis
consumption
phthisis
wasting disease
white plague
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