consumption

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  2. noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  3. noun (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Etymology

From Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

ingestion, intake, uptake

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