consumption

n. using up, consuming; intake, process of taking food or other substances into the body via the mouth; tuberculosis (infectious disease)

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Noun
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
(synonym) ingestion, intake, uptake
(hypernym) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
(hyponym) eating, feeding
(derivation) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
2. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
(synonym) pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
(hypernym) tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
3. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily"
(synonym) economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services
(hypernym) demand
(hyponym) conspicuous consumption
(classification) economics, economic science, political economy
4. the act of consuming something
(synonym) using up, expenditure
(hypernym) depletion
(hyponym) burnup

n. spotřeba; konzumace; souchotiny

Rzecz. konsumpcja; spożycie; zużycie