Consumption

Definition

consumption /kǝn'sʌmpʃn/ n [U] ၁။ (က) စားသံုးျခင္း။ သံုးစြဲ ျခင္း။ အသံုးျပဳျခင္း။ 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) စားသံုးေသာ၊ သံုးစြဲကုန္ခန္းေသာ ပမာဏ။ a car with low/high fuel consumption. ၂။ ( dated ) ေခ်ာင္းဆိုးေသြးပါေရာဂါ။ အဆုတ္ေရာဂါ။ တီဘီ။

Examples

1. The government is determined to reduce the UK’s total energy consumption.
2. Many newer cars have a much lower fuel consumption.
3. When national income rises
4. so does consumption.
5. [fit/unfit for human consumption] : Most of the meat was unfit for human consumption.
6. Most people need to increase their daily consumption of fruit and vegetables.