consumption

Oznaczający (Angielski)

  1. (uncountable, usually) The act of eating, drinking or using.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The amount consumed.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The act of consuming or destroying.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
  5. (dated, uncountable, usually) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
  6. (dated, euphemistic, uncountable, usually) Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).

Koncepcje

konsumpcja

spożycie

zużycie

gruźlica

suchoty

spożycie pośrednie

spożywanie

Częstotliwość

C2
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
Etymologia (Angielski)

In summary

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.

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