consumption: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy, high
▪ the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world
▪ low
▪ average
▪ overall, total
▪ excessive, moderate
▪ conspicuous (= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are)
▪ annual, daily
▪ Reducing our annual consumption of energy is an important first step.
▪ current
▪ per capita
▪ domestic, home, local
▪ It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.
▪ Half of the small crop was kept for home consumption.
▪ world
▪ household
▪ individual, personal
▪ mass
▪ public
▪ private
▪ future
▪ households that save for future consumption
▪ alcohol, beer, cigarette, drug, food, meat, tobacco, water, wine
▪ electricity, energy, fuel, gas, gasoline (AmE), oil, petrol (BrE), power
… OF CONSUMPTION
▪ level
VERB + CONSUMPTION
▪ boost, encourage, increase, promote, stimulate
▪ Doctors say that we need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables.
▪ The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption.
▪ cut down, lower, reduce
▪ You need to reduce your alcohol consumption.
CONSUMPTION + VERB
▪ go up, grow, increase, rise
▪ decline, decrease, fall, go down
CONSUMPTION + NOUN
▪ expenditure
▪ figures, levels, rate
▪ habits, patterns
▪ goods
▪ tax
PREPOSITION
▪ for sb's consumption (= intended to be read or heard by sb)
▪ The documents were not for public consumption.
PHRASES
▪ fit for human consumption, unfit for human consumption (= safe/not safe to be eaten)
▪ meat that is unfit for human consumption