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noun ADJ. heavy, high the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world | low | average | overall, total | excessive | conspicuous (= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are) | annual, daily Annual consumption of wine has risen from five to eleven litres per head. | per capita | domestic, local, home It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption. Half the small crop was kept for home consumption. | foreign, world | household | individual, personal | mass | public | private | future households that save for future consumption | alcohol, beer, cigarette, food, meat, tobacco, water | electricity, energy, fuel, gas, oil, petrol, power QUANT. level VERB + CONSUMPTION boost, encourage, increase, stimulate Doctors say that children need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables. The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption. | cut down, reduce You need to reduce your alcohol consumption. CONSUMPTION + VERB go up, increase, rise | decline, decrease, fall, go down CONSUMPTION + NOUN expenditure, spending | figures, levels | habits, patterns PREP. for sb's ~ (= intended to be read or heard by sb) The documents were for the committee rather than for public consumption. PHRASES fit/unfit for human consumption (= safe/not safe to be eaten) meat that is unfit for human consumption
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consumption
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + consumption
high/low
• People should stop using expensive cars with a high petrol consumption.
total consumption
• Total consumption of petrol has risen by 20%.
domestic consumption
(= use of something in the country where it is produced )
• Domestic consumption of oil has increased.
household consumption
(= use in the home )
• The government is encouraging us to reduce our household consumption of water.
energy consumption
• Over a quarter of our energy consumption is in the home.
fuel/electricity/gas consumption
• There are three possible methods of reducing oil consumption.
verbs
reduce consumption
• The system will be introduced into all stores to reduce energy consumption by up to 10%
cut consumption
(= reduce it )
• a plan to cut energy consumption by 40%
consumption rises/increases/goes up
• Consumption of unleaded fuel rose by 17% in 1992.
consumption falls/decreases/goes down
• Coal consumption has fallen dramatically.
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