consumption
/kənˈsʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n/
US pronunciation
American sound/kənˈsʌm(p)ʃ(ə)n/
kənˈsʌmpʃən
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
kən - ˈsʌmpʃən -> consumption
Myanmar meaning
(n) စားသုံးခြင်း။ သုံးစွဲ ခြင်း။ အသုံးပြုခြင်း။ စားသုံးသော၊ သုံးစွဲကုန်ခန်းသော ပမာဏ။ ချောင်းဆိုးသွေးပါရောဂါ။ အဆုတ်ရောဂါ။ တီဘီ။
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consumption /kǝn'sʌmpʃn/ n [U]
၁။ (က) စားသုံးခြင်း။ သုံးစွဲ ခြင်း။ အသုံးပြုခြင်း။ Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather. ❍ The meat was declared unfit for human consumption. ❍ (fig ) The material was considered unsuitable for public consumption (ie It was decided not to publish it). See also CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION
(ခ) စားသုံးသော၊ သုံးစွဲကုန်ခန်းသော ပမာဏ။
a car with low/high fuel consumption.
၂။ (dated ) ချောင်းဆိုးသွေးပါရောဂါ။ အဆုတ်ရောဂါ။ တီဘီ။
More examples
- The government is determined to reduce the UK’s total energy consumption.
- Many newer cars have a much lower fuel consumption.
- When national income rises, so does consumption.
- [fit/unfit for human consumption] : Most of the meat was unfit for human consumption.
- Most people need to increase their daily consumption of fruit and vegetables.
Synonyms
use, expenditure, utilization, spending, using up, burning up, burning, consuming, damage, decay, decrease, depletion, desolation, destruction, devastation, devouring; use, diminution, dispersion, dissipation, drinking, eating, exhaustion, feasting, feeding, ingesting, ingestion, intake, loss, misuse, ruin, swallowing, waste, wear and tear
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