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# consumption

«consumption» in Mova's school dictionary: **used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (consumption, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The amount of something that is used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m1)

2) The act of eating, drinking or using something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m2)

3) Buying and using goods and services (consumer spending). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m3)

4) (old) An old name for tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: energy consumption, water consumption per person. In maths: consumption rates, like litres per 100 km or units per day. Formal exam voice: «not fit for human consumption». In history: «she died of consumption» in old stories.

### examples

- Our water consumption goes up in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x1)
- The car has low fuel consumption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x2)
- This food is not fit for human consumption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x3)
- Turning off lights cuts electricity consumption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x4)
- Sugar consumption has risen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x5)
- In the old novel, the girl was ill with consumption. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#x6)

### note

Verb: consume. Uncountable. In maths, consumption is a rate: amount used per time or per distance; to find total, multiply rate by time.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consumption» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.