consumption
//kənˈsʌmp.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- consumptions
Definitions
1.The act of eating, drinking or using.
- The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
2.The amount consumed.
3.The act of consuming or destroying.
- The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
- Driving methods have a direct bearing on fuel consumption with every type of motive power.
4.The wasting away of the human body through disease.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3185
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti
Proto-Italic *emō
Latin emō