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Antonyms for consumption

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhn-suhmp-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsʌmp ʃən

Definition of consumption

Origin :
  • late 14c., "wasting of the body by disease; wasting disease" (replacing Old English yfeladl "the evil disease"), from Old French consumpcion, from Latin consumptionem (nominative consumptio) "a using up, wasting," noun of state from past participle stem of consumere (see consume). Meaning "the using up of material" is 1530s.
  • noun devouring; use
Example sentences :
  • The poor devil had consumption, too, and probably he'll never see them again.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Often a patient is described by his doctor as suffering from consumption.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Her name was Vincent, and her husband, a gilder by trade, had been carried off by consumption.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • A great saving has also been made in the consumption of coal.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • He says, your Highness, that I am like a snake in a consumption!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • The North can produce enough for its own consumption, and more.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Our consumption has greatly increased since the restraints of war.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • Consumption and Scrofula, though similar, are not the same disease.
  • Extract from : « The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases » by Charles West, M.D.
  • But it would have been too much trouble to cook it for the consumption of magazine readers.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • Consumption—the jockey's Old Man of the Sea—had arrived at last.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

Synonyms for consumption

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