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Word entry · 11 letters

consumption

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"Use of goods"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cimnnoopstuStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of consuming something

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
  • gross national consumption
  • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

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