consumption

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of eating, drinking, or using something.

   The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.

2. 2
   noun

   The amount of something that is used.

   The country's energy consumption has increased steadily.

Common collocations

• conspicuous consumption Adjective + noun

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 *nem-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption From Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consu…

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