Defenition of the word consumption
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Defenition of the word consumption
- Spending for survival or enjoyment in contrast to providing for future use or production.
- A common and deadly infectious disease that is caused by mycobacteria, primarily Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- the act of consuming something
- involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Synonyms for the word consumption
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- burning up
- drinking
- eating
- economic consumption
- expenditure
- ingestion
- intake
- phthisis
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- spending
- uptake
- usance
- use
- use of goods and services
- using up
- utilization
- wasting disease
- white plague
Similar words in the consumption
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- consumption
- consumption's
Hyponyms for the word consumption
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- burnup
- conspicuous consumption
- deglutition
- drink
- drinking
- eating
- feeding
- imbibing
- imbibition
- suck
- sucking
- suction
- swallow
Hypernyms for the word consumption
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- activity
- bodily function
- bodily process
- body process
- demand
- depletion
- T.B.
- TB
- tuberculosis
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