consumption
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 →
2) The act of eating, drinking or using something. tree →
3) Buying and using goods and services (consumer spending). tree →
4) (old) An old name for tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease. tree →
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 →
- The car has low fuel consumption. tree →
- This food is not fit for human consumption. tree →
- Turning off lights cuts electricity consumption. tree →
- Sugar consumption has risen. tree →
- In the old novel, the girl was ill with consumption. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.