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# consumption

noun (consumption, uncountable)

«consumption» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The amount of something that is used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m1)
2. The act of eating, drinking or using something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m2)
3. Buying and using goods and services (consumer spending). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m3)
4. (old) An old name for tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/#m4)

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

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a wasting disease, one of the punishments warned of if Israel breaks the covenant.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads these curses as a warning that follows the blessings, meant to turn people back to the Torah's way.

### Examples

- The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consumption/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «consumption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consumption/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consumption» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/consumption.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «consumption» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/consumption/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consumption» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/consumption.html) on Mova free.