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con·sump·tion

(kən-sŭmp′shən)

a. The act or process of consuming.

b. The state of being consumed.

c. An amount consumed.

2. Economics The using up of goods and services by consumer purchasing or in the production of other goods.

a. A progressive wasting of body tissue.

b. Pulmonary tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use.

[Middle English consumpcioun, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, cōnsūmptiōn-, a consuming, from cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmere, to consume; see consume.]

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consumption

(kənˈsʌmpʃən)

1. the act of consuming or the state of being consumed, esp by eating, burning, etc

2. (Economics) economics expenditure on goods and services for final personal use

3. the quantity consumed

4. (Pathology) pathol a condition characterized by a wasting away of the tissues of the body, esp as seen in tuberculosis of the lungs

[C14: from Latin consumptiō a wasting, from consūmere to consume]

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con•sump•tion

(kənˈsʌmp ʃən)

n.

1. the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.

2. the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline.

3. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value.

a. Older Use. tuberculosis of the lungs.

b. progressive wasting of the body.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin consūmptiō process of consuming <consūm(ere) to consume]

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Noun	1.	consumption - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) ingestion, intake, uptake eating, feeding - the act of consuming food deglutition, swallow, drink - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" suck, sucking, suction - the act of sucking drinking, imbibing, imbibition - the act of consuming liquids bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
	2.	consumption - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague T.B., tuberculosis, TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
	3.	consumption - (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" economic consumption, use of goods and services, usance, use economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management conspicuous consumption - buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth demand - the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
	4.	consumption - the act of consuming something using up, expenditure depletion - the act of decreasing something markedly burnup - the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

consumption

noun

1. using up, use, loss, waste, drain, consuming, expenditure, exhaustion, depletion, utilization, dissipation The laws have led to a reduction in fuel consumption.

2. eating, drinking, ingestion food and drink which is not fit for human consumption

3. (Old-fashioned) tuberculosis, atrophy, T.B., emaciation an opera about a prostitute dying of consumption in a garret

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consumption

noun

1. A quantity consumed:

usage, use.

2. An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs.No longer in scientific use:

phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague.

Translations

إسْتِهلاكمَرَض السِّل، التَّدَرُّن الرِئَوي

изразходванеконсумацияконсумиране

spotřebatuberkulóza

forbrugtæring

Konsum Verbrauch VerzehrKonsumptionTbc

κατανάλωση

consumo gasto consumir

kulutusriutuminen

consommation consommer consumer

fogyasztástüdõvész

neysla

consumo tubercolotico

consumptie verbruik

forbruk fortæring konsum ødeleggelse tæring

consumo

истощение потребление расход

spotrebasuchotiny

poraba

içmetüketmeveremyeme

消费结核病肺病

consumption

[kənˈsʌmpʃən] N

1. [of food, fuel etc] (= act, amount) → consumo m
not fit for human consumption [food] → no apto para el consumo humano

2. (o.f.) (= tuberculosis) → tisis f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

consumption

[kənˈsʌmpʃ^ən] n

[food, drink] → consommation f
not fit for human consumption → non comestible

(= use) [energy, goods] → consommation f

(fig) for sb's consumption → à l'attention de qn
not for public consumption → non destiné(e) au grand public

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

consumption

(of fuel etc) → Konsum m; (of food also) → Verzehr m (geh); (of non-edible products) → Verbrauch m; this letter is for private consumption only (inf) → der Brief ist nur für den privaten Gebrauch; not fit for human consumption → zum Verzehr ungeeignet; world consumption of oil → Weltölverbrauch m; his daily consumption of two bottles of wine → sein täglicher Konsum von zwei Flaschen Wein

(Med old) → Auszehrung f (old), → Schwindsucht f

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consumption

[kənˈsʌmpʃ/ən] n

a. (of food, fuel) → consumo
not fit for human consumption → non commestibile

b. (old) (tuberculosis) → consunzione f

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consume

(kənˈsjuːm) verb

1. to eat or drink. He consumes a huge amount of food.

2. to use. How much electricity do you consume per month?

3. to destroy, eg by fire. The entire building was consumed by fire.

conˈsumer noun

a person who eats, uses, buys things etc. The average consumer spends 12 dollars per year on toothpaste.

consumption (kənˈsampʃən) noun

1. the act of consuming. The consumption of coffee has increased.

2. an old word for tuberculosis of the lungs.

consumer goods

goods which can be used immediately to satisfy human needs, eg clothing, food, TV sets etc.

con·sump·tion

n. consunción; desgaste progresivo; tisis, tuberculosis.

consumption

n consumo; (ant) tuberculosis f

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He was in consumption, as so many were in that region, and he carbonized against it, as he said; he took his carbon in the liquid form, and the last time I saw him the carbon had finally prevailed over the consumption, but it had itself become a seated vice; that was many years since, and it is many years since he died.

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The pockets of the farmers, on the other hand, will reluctantly yield but scanty supplies, in the unwelcome shape of impositions on their houses and lands; and personal property is too precarious and invisible a fund to be laid hold of in any other way than by the inperceptible agency of taxes on consumption.

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This is a common experience, for the excessive consumption of alcohol in the tropics by white men is a notorious fact.

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Joel Hartley at home, who was so sick with the consumption, HAD to sleep out of doors.

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I had been accustomed, during the night, to steal a part of their store for my own consumption, but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots which I gathered from a neighbouring wood.

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"Ruby Gillis is dying of galloping consumption," said Mrs.

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He had gone all to ruin with the drink, however, and lost his power; one of his sons, who was a good man, had kept him and the family up for a year or two, but then he had got sick with consumption.

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He merged the collection of revenue into one channel, taxing consumption in bulk instead of taxing property.

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There now remained only the question of air; for allowing for the consumption of air by Barbicane, his two companions, and two dogs which he proposed taking with him, it was necessary to renew the air of the projectile.

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"She was in debt to her madam," I retorted, more and more provoked by the discussion; "and went on earning money for her up to the end, though she was in consumption. Some sledge-drivers standing by were talking about her to some soldiers and telling them so.

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The consumption of these articles would necessarily, little by little, diminish the weight to be sustained, for it must be remembered that the equilibrium of a balloon floating in the atmosphere is extremely sensitive.

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She was not, I was told, in the hospital portion of the house with the fever patients; for her complaint was consumption, not typhus: and by consumption I, in my ignorance, understood something mild, which time and care would be sure to alleviate.