how to pronounce consumption

/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/

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consumption is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… it is the consumption of it by the food …”

meaning of consumption

Consumption means the act of using up or using something up.

consumption frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word consumption occurs in english on average 32.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics consumption 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 consumption can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;