Consumption - English meaning

noun

Reduction in the number or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

The depletion of the ozone layer

noun

A reduction in something, or the act of reducing it

Usage examples:

Increased expenditure has caused a depletion in capital., when stock markets crashed the life funds…

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Usage examples:

The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

verb

Present participle of dissipate

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The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere., his anger dissipated as the situation became cl…

noun

Overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living.

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A descent into drunkenness and sexual dissipation

noun

The process of gradually disappearing

Usage examples:

He sees a growing dissipation of our cultural values., scientists say the dissipation of the el niñ…

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

noun

A thing that uses up a particular resource.

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Nuclear power is a serious drain on the public purse

noun

The state of being abnormally thin or weak.

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Thin to the point of emaciation

noun

The state of being very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

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In spite of the fact that the patient eats well, the disease causes emaciation., chronic wasting di…

noun

A state of extreme physical or mental tiredness.

Usage examples:

He was pale with exhaustion

noun

The state of being extremely tired

Usage examples:

Murayama was sidelined shortly after his arrival by what aides said was exhaustion.

verb

Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy).

Usage examples:

The energy expended in sport could be directed into other areas

noun

The action of spending funds.

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The expenditure of taxpayers' money

noun

An amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

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[ c ] a large expenditure of funds

noun

The total amount of money that an organization or person spends

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Reduce/keep down/cut expenditure we're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down., increase…

noun

Pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease.

Usage examples:

He learned to recognize pneumonia, bronchiectasis, pleurisy, emphysema, pneumothorax, phthisis, and…

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way

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Government should not squander the taxpayers’ money., don’t squander your opportunities when you ar…

verb

To waste large amounts of money or other resources

Usage examples:

Fifty-five percent of likely voters are convinced that much of the state's tax money is being squan…

verb

Waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner.

Usage examples:

£100m of taxpayers' money has been squandered on administering the tax

verb

Present participle of squander

Usage examples:

They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun., ireland squandered …

symbol

The chemical element terbium.

noun

Short for tuberculosis.

abbreviation

Terabyte(s).

noun

An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.

Usage examples:

The children then succumb to diseases like tuberculosis, pneumonia and meningitis.

Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of bacilli

noun

An infectious disease that can attack many parts of the body, esp. the lungs

verb

Take, hold, or deploy (something) as a means of accomplishing or achieving something; employ.

Usage examples:

She used her key to open the front door

noun

The action of using something or the state of being used for a purpose.

Usage examples:

Modern trains are now in use

Put into service

noun

The action of making practical and effective use of something.

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Steps to increase the utilization of resources

noun

The use of something

noun

The amount of something available, produced, etc. compared with the total amount that exists or that could be produced

Usage examples:

The number of working rigs in mediterranean waters was 92 out of a total fleet of 103, a utilizatio…

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

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Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

adjective

Causing a person or a part of the body to become progressively weaker and more emaciated.

Usage examples:

A wasting disease

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

verb

Present participle of waste

Usage examples:

You waste a lot of water by taking a bath instead of a shower., come on, let's get started - we've …