consumption
noun
con·sump·tion
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Definition of consumption
1a
: the act or process of consuming
consumption of food consumption of resources
b
: use by or exposure to a particular group or audience
The document was not intended for public consumption.
2
: use of something
the jet's high consumption of fuel the consumption of electricity
3a
: tuberculosis
b
: a progressive wasting away of the body especially from pulmonary tuberculosis
Examples of consumption in a Sentence
The jet's high fuel consumption makes it expensive to operate.
Recent Examples on the Web
That would put her total projected album consumption units around the 750,000 mark, according to industry prognosticators. — Ed Christman, Billboard, "Will Taylor Swift's 'Lover' Conquer All With Another Million-Selling Debut?," 22 Aug. 2019 Still, the CPUs we rate as the best are the ones intentionally tuned to lower power consumption. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "10th-gen CPU buyers guide: We ranked every new Intel laptop CPU for you," 21 Aug. 2019 Even the album’s length, at 18 tracks, suggests a newfound eagerness to play by those new rules, which count individual song streams toward an album’s overall consumption. — Los Angeles Times, "For her new album, ‘Lover,’ Taylor Swift has embraced streaming. But is it too late?," 20 Aug. 2019 The fees are 22,530 yen for installment and 6,000 yen a month for telecommunication and other necessary features, both excluding consumption tax. — oregonlive.com, "Lonely? There’s a bot for that," 18 Aug. 2019 However, that wasn't the only reason the council approved an ordinance allowing public consumption lounges. — Author: Maura Judkis, Anchorage Daily News, "Cannabis restaurants are coming to California, with ‘budtenders’ and ‘flower’ service," 16 Aug. 2019 In one of their experiments, test subjects were asked to select which of the four cars was the best, taking into account four characteristics, among them gas consumption and luggage space. — Laura Kutsch, Scientific American, "Can We Rely on Our Intuition?," 15 Aug. 2019 The man was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct and underage consumption. — John Benson, cleveland.com, "Unruly drunk teen avoids army, arrested for disorderly conduct: North Royalton Police Blotter," 14 Aug. 2019 Cannabis has for a long time been among those substances, but was removed after passage of Proposition 64, a statewide ballot initiative that legalized marijuana consumption for those age 21 and older. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Vista adds cannabis to social host ordinance," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'consumption.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for consumption
consumption
noun
English Language Learners Definition of consumption
: the act of eating or drinking something
: the use of something (such as fuel)
: use by a particular group of people
See the full definition for consumption in the English Language Learners Dictionary
consumption
noun
con·sump·tion
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Kids Definition of consumption
1
: the act or process of using up something (as food or coal)
2
: a wasting away of the body especially from tuberculosis of the lungs
consumption
noun
con·sump·tion
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Medical Definition of consumption
1
: a progressive wasting away of the body especially from pulmonary tuberculosis
2
: tuberculosis
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