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consumption

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consumption in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the act of consuming something
    consumption  using up  expenditure 
  2. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
    consumption  ingestion  intake  uptake 
  3. (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 
  4. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
    pulmonary tuberculosis  consumption  phthisis  wasting disease  white plague 
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