how to pronounce consume

/kənˈsjuːm/

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consume is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of consume in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… center of the universe would consume him …”

meaning of consume

Consume means to use up or destroy something.

consume frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word consume occurs in english on average 5.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics consume can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that consume can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) people, society, and culture;