noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
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rhymes with -ʌmpʃən
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of eating, drinking or using.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The amount consumed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
gross national consumption
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The act of consuming or destroying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The wasting away of the human body through disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, euphemistic, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the act of consuming something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: using up, expenditure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depletion
Narrower terms: burnup
8
noun
Meaning 8
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ingestion, intake, uptake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the consumption of energy has increased steadily
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: demand
Narrower terms: conspicuous consumption
10
noun
Meaning 10
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
History
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 Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِسْتِهْلَاك
(istihlāk)
— the act of consuming something
Azerbaijani:
istehlak
— the act of consuming something
Bulgarian:
консумиране
(konsumirane)
— the act of consuming something
Bulgarian:
изразходване
(izrazhodvane)
— the act of consuming something
Catalan:
consum
— the act of consuming something
Chinese Mandarin:
消費 /消费
(xiāofèi)
— the act of consuming something
Czech:
spotřeba
— the act of consuming something
Czech:
zničení
— the act of consuming something
Czech:
konzumace
— the act of consuming something
Danish:
forbrug
— the act of consuming something
Danish:
konsum
— the act of consuming something
Dutch:
consumptie
— the act of consuming something
Dutch:
verbruik
— the act of consuming something
Finnish:
kuluttaminen
— the act of consuming something
Finnish:
kulutus
— the act of consuming something
French:
consommation
— the act of consuming something
Galician:
consumo
— the act of consuming something
Georgian:
მოხმარება
(moxmareba)
— the act of consuming something
German:
Konsum
— the act of consuming something
German:
Verzehr
— the act of consuming something
German:
Verbrauch
— the act of consuming something
German:
Aufnahme
— the act of consuming something
Greek:
κατανάλωση
(katanálosi)
— the act of consuming something
Hebrew:
צריכה
(tzrikha)
— the act of consuming something
Hindi:
उपभोग
(upbhog)
— the act of consuming something
Hungarian:
fogyasztás
— the act of consuming something
Indonesian:
konsumsi
— the act of consuming something
Interlingua:
consumo
— the act of consuming something
Italian:
consumo
— the act of consuming something
Japanese:
消費
(shōhi)
— the act of consuming something
Korean:
소비
(sobi)
— the act of consuming something
Latin:
absūmēdō
— the act of consuming something
Macedonian:
потрошувачка
(potrošuvačka)
— the act of consuming something
Malay:
penggunaan
— the act of consuming something
Malay:
konsumsi
— the act of consuming something
Malayalam:
ഉപഭോഗം
(upabhōgaṁ)
— the act of consuming something
Malayalam:
കഴിക്കൽ
(kaḻikkal)
— the act of consuming something
Māori:
whakahemonga
— the act of consuming something
Māori:
whakapaunga
— the act of consuming something
Māori:
whakapetohanga
— the act of consuming something
Norwegian Bokmål:
forbruk
— the act of consuming something
Norwegian Bokmål:
konsum
— the act of consuming something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
forbruk
— the act of consuming something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
konsum
— the act of consuming something
Occitan:
consum
— the act of consuming something
Polish:
konsumpcja
— the act of consuming something
Portuguese:
consumo
— the act of consuming something
Romanian:
consum
— the act of consuming something
Russian:
потребле́ние
(potreblénije)
— the act of consuming something
Scottish Gaelic:
caitheamh
— the act of consuming something
Serbo-Croatian:
потрошња
— the act of consuming something
Serbo-Croatian:
конзумација
— the act of consuming something
Serbo-Croatian:
potrošnja
— the act of consuming something
Serbo-Croatian:
konzumacija
— the act of consuming something
Spanish:
consumo
— the act of consuming something
Spanish:
consunción
— the act of consuming something
Spanish:
consumición
— the act of consuming something
Spanish:
consumimiento
— the act of consuming something
Swedish:
konsumtion
— the act of consuming something
Swedish:
åtgång
— the act of consuming something
Tagalog:
pananaid
— the act of consuming something
Thai:
การบริโภค
— the act of consuming something
Turkish:
tüketim
— the act of consuming something
Ukrainian:
спожива́ння
(spožyvánnja)
— the act of consuming something
Ukrainian:
ви́трата
(výtrata)
— the act of consuming something
Bulgarian:
консумация
(konsumacija)
— the amount consumed
Catalan:
consum
— the amount consumed
Czech:
spotřeba
— the amount consumed
Dutch:
consumptie
— the amount consumed
Dutch:
verbruik
— the amount consumed
Finnish:
kulutus
— the amount consumed
French:
consommation
— the amount consumed
Galician:
consumo
— the amount consumed
German:
Verbrauch
— the amount consumed
German:
Verbrauchswert
— the amount consumed
German:
Verzehr
— the amount consumed
German:
Konsum
— the amount consumed
German:
Bedarf
— the amount consumed
Greek:
κατανάλωση
(katanálosi)
— the amount consumed
Italian:
consumo
— the amount consumed
Khmer:
បម្រើបម្រាស់
(bom rer bom ras)
— the amount consumed
Māori:
whakapaunga
— the amount consumed
Māori:
whakapetotanga
— the amount consumed
Polish:
konsumpcja
— the amount consumed
Portuguese:
consumo
— the amount consumed
Romanian:
consum
— the amount consumed
Russian:
потребле́ние
(potreblénije)
— the amount consumed
Russian:
расхо́д
(rasxód)
— the amount consumed
Scottish Gaelic:
caitheamh
— the amount consumed
Spanish:
consumo
— the amount consumed
Spanish:
consumición
— the amount consumed
Swedish:
konsumtion
— the amount consumed
Tagalog:
pananaid
— the amount consumed
Catalan:
consumpció
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Czech:
úbytě
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Danish:
tæring
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Dutch:
wegteren
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Finnish:
riutuminen
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
French:
consomption
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
German:
Auszehrung
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
German:
Konsumption
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
German:
Konsumtion
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Greek:
φθίση
(fthísi)
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Ancient Greek:
φθίσις
(phthísis)
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Italian:
consunzione
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Italian:
deperimento
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Malayalam:
ക്ഷയം
(kṣayaṁ)
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Polish:
konsumpcja
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Russian:
истоще́ние
(istoščénije)
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Scottish Gaelic:
caitheamh
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Spanish:
consunción
— wasting-away of the human body through disease
Spanish:
consumimiento
— wasting-away of the human body through disease