DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
consumption
/kən'səmpʃən/ · kənsəmpʃən
Consumption has 3 syllables: con · sump · tion.
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sump
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tion
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noun. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing.
noun. The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
noun. The act of consuming something.
noun. Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.
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