to consume
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3.2
- verb
- /kənˈsuːm/
- Thus, in less than one decade, Asia became the largest oil-consuming region in the world.
- consume energy
- consume resources
- consume large amounts
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Watch on YouTubeI do wonder how people are able to consume that much each year though.
- I do wonder how people are able to consume that much each year though.
- And in fact, you know, most Asian societies consume vastly more than we do.
- So work expands to consume all available time.
- But you know, you can't consume if you don't produce.
- Now, if we want to consume, we have to produce.
Examples
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We then narrowed the analysis to only foodborne cases among patients who reported consuming only raw oysters.
Academic text (2013) -
Interest payments alone consume more than half its annual spending.
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So generally broke people consume more than they create.
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So also does their capacity to consume goods and services.
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In Asia, countries that consume natural gas will find it cheaper to do so.
Academic text (2011) -
So what happens if you consume more calories than you need?
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But does it matter that the United States consumes more energy than any other nation?
Academic text (1999) -
Change is inevitable, because you can't continue to consume more than the planet can replenish every year.
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But providing health care to every American consumes trillions of new dollars annually.
Fiction book (1998) -
The factory will consume most of the raw materials in the production process.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To put something to work for a purpose
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1.0
To give money to buy something or pay for services
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6.6
Gradually use up money or fuel
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4.2
Destroy something so nothing is left
156
3.2
To use up money, energy, or other resources
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3.4
To slowly use up energy, money, or other resources
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2.7
To finish all of something so nothing is left
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3.9
To destroy or use up things quickly, for example when fire burns a building
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3.7
To use up all of a supply or resource
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5.0
To use money, time, or energy for a purpose
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6.3
To use up almost all of something so little is left
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3.1
Use up money or time quickly
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4.6
To use up the money or help someone needs
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4.4
Use up money or supplies quickly and wastefully
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7.0
To use money or energy in a foolish, wasteful way
Antonyms
How Much
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Etymology
Consume comes from the Latin consumere, with con- 'completely' and sumere 'to take'. So, to consume a resource is to 'take it all up' or use it until there is none left.