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consume

Pronunciation: /kənˈsjuːm/

The English word “consume” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To use up.
  2. To eat.
  3. To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
  4. To destroy completely.
  5. To waste away slowly.
  6. To obtain and use goods or services as an individual.
  7. To absorb information, especially through the mass media.

Etymology

From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”).

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