consumption

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun [U]
1 the act of using energy, food or materials; the amount used: the production of fuel for domestic consumption (= to be used in the country where it is produced) + Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather. + The meat was declared unfit for human consumption. + He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption. + Her speech to party members was not intended for public consumption (= to be heard by the public).
See also - CONSUME
2 the act of buying and using products: Consumption rather than saving has become the central feature of contemporary societies.
See also - CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION, CONSUME
3 (old-fashioned) a serious infectious disease of the lungs
Synonym: TUBERCULOSIS

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

heavy, high

the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world

| low | average | overall, total | excessive | conspicuous

(= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are)

| annual, daily

Annual consumption of wine has risen from five to eleven litres per head.

| per capita | domestic, local, home

It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption. Half the small crop was kept for home consumption.

| foreign, world | household | individual, personal | mass | public | private | future

households that save for future consumption

| alcohol, beer, cigarette, food, meat, tobacco, water | electricity, energy, fuel, gas, oil, petrol, power

QUANT.

level

VERB + CONSUMPTION

boost, encourage, increase, stimulate

Doctors say that children need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables. The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption.

| cut down, reduce

You need to reduce your alcohol consumption.

CONSUMPTION + VERB

go up, increase, rise | decline, decrease, fall, go down

CONSUMPTION + NOUN

expenditure, spending | figures, levels | habits, patterns

PREP.

for sb's ~

(= intended to be read or heard by sb)The documents were for the committee rather than for public consumption.

PHRASES

fit/unfit for human consumption

(= safe/not safe to be eaten)meat that is unfit for human consumption

Concise English dictionary

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consumptionskən'sʌmpʃn
noun
+the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
+involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
+(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
+the act of consuming something