consumption | | |
n. (act) | 1. consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating). |
| ~ eating, feeding | the act of consuming food. |
| ~ deglutition, swallow, drink | the act of swallowing.; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" |
| ~ suck, sucking, suction | the act of sucking. |
| ~ drinking, imbibing, imbibition | the act of consuming liquids. |
| ~ bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity | an organic process that takes place in the body.; "respiratory activity" |
n. (state) | 2. consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague | involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body. |
| ~ t.b., tuberculosis, tb | infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages). |
n. (process) | 3. consumption, economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing.; "the consumption of energy has increased steadily" |
| ~ economic science, economics, political economy | the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management. |
| ~ conspicuous consumption | buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth. |
| ~ demand | the ability and desire to purchase goods and services.; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply" |
n. (act) | 4. consumption, expenditure, using up | the act of consuming something. |
| ~ depletion | the act of decreasing something markedly. |
| ~ burnup | the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor). |
provision | | |
n. (communication) | 1. provision, proviso | a stipulated condition.; "he accepted subject to one provision" |
| ~ precondition, condition, stipulation | an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else. |
n. (act) | 2. provision, supply, supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ irrigation | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc. |
| ~ alimentation, feeding | the act of supplying food and nourishment. |
| ~ fueling, refueling | the activity of supplying or taking on fuel. |
| ~ care delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery | the provision of health care. |
| ~ issuance, issuing, issue | the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).; "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" |
| ~ logistics | handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed. |
| ~ purveyance | the act of supplying something. |
| ~ stocking | the activity of supplying a stock of something.; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout" |
| ~ subvention | the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort. |
n. (cognition) | 3. planning, preparation, provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening.; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" |
| ~ cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully.; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| ~ arrangement, agreement | the thing arranged or agreed to.; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" |
| ~ applecart | the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'. |
| ~ malice aforethought, mens rea | (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials. |
| ~ calculation, deliberation | planning something carefully and intentionally.; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" |
| ~ forethought, premeditation | planning or plotting in advance of acting. |
n. (possession) | 4. provision | a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). |
| ~ fund, store, stock | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
v. (possession) | 5. provision, purvey | supply with provisions. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
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