Meaning of 'consumption'

noun

the act of consuming something

Synonyms: using up expenditure

noun

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

Synonyms: intake ingestion uptake

noun

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

Example: "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"

Synonyms: use usance economic consumption use of goods and services

noun

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Synonyms: white plague pulmonary tuberculosis phthisis wasting disease