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noun

consumption

CEFR B1

the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with consumption, each labelled with its topic.

  • Doctors tracked the patient's consumption of solid food after surgery, noting how many spoonfuls she managed at each meal.

    Medicine

  • The team's dietitian logged every athlete's consumption at breakfast, from oatmeal to eggs, before the morning training block.

    Fitness

  • Village festivals ended with the consumption of an entire roasted lamb, eaten by hand at long wooden tables.

    Cooking

  • The biologists weighed each caterpillar before and after its consumption of a single leaf to measure how fast it grew.

    Science

  • Researchers found that consumption of snacks rose sharply when the bowl sat within arm's reach of the desk.

    Psychology

  • A single blue whale's daily consumption of krill can reach several tons, which is why the feeding grounds matter so much.

    Environment

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