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consume
English
Etymology
From Old French consumer, from Latin c?ns?mere.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /k?n?sju?m/
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /k?n??u?m/
- (US) enPR: k?n-so?om, IPA(key): /k?n?sum/
Verb
consume (third-person singular simple present consumes, present participle consuming, simple past and past participle consumed)
- (transitive) To use up.
- The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.
- (transitive) To eat.
- Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.
- (transitive) To completely occupy the thoughts or attention of.
- Desire consumed him.
- (transitive) To destroy completely.
- The building was consumed by fire.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To waste away slowly.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:
- But, sir, you see how weak I am. You must see that I have been consuming from day to day […] .
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- He assured her the child was consuming at that moment in the next room.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 441:
- (economics, transitive, intransitive) To trade money for good or services as an individual.
- In a materialistic society, individuals are taught to consume, consume, consume.
- If you consume this product while in Japan, you may be subject to consumption tax.
- (transitive) To absorb information, especially through the mass media.
- The Internet has changed the way we consume news.
Synonyms
- (use): burn (of energy), use, use up
- (eat): devour, eat, swallow
- (occupy): occupy, overcome, take over
- (destroy): annihilate, destroy, devastate, eliminate, obliterate, raze (of a building), wipe out
Derived terms
- consumer
Related terms
- consumption
- consumptive
Translations
Anagrams
- Mounces, comunes, muscone
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.sym/
Verb
consume
- first-person singular present indicative of consumer
- third-person singular present indicative of consumer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of consumer
- second-person singular imperative of consumer
Anagrams
- écumons
Galician
Verb
consume
- second-person singular imperative of consumir
Latin
Verb
c?ns?me
- second-person singular present active imperative of c?ns?m?
Portuguese
Verb
consume
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of consumar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of consumar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of consumar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of consumar
Spanish
Verb
consume
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consumir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of consumir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of consumir.
Verb
consume
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of consumar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of consumar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of consumar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of consumar.
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monopolize
English
Alternative forms
- monopolise
Etymology
monopoly +? -ize
Pronunciation
Verb
monopolize (third-person singular simple present monopolizes, present participle monopolizing, simple past and past participle monopolized)
- (transitive) To have a monopoly on something.
- (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.
Synonyms
- hog
- corner
- take over
- dominate
Derived terms
- monopolization
- monopolizer
- monopolist
- monopolistic
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
monopolize
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of monopolizar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of monopolizar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of monopolizar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of monopolizar
monopolize From the web:
- what monopolize meaning
- monopolize what does that mean
- what is monopolized political power
- what does monopolize
- what does monopolize mean in history
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- what companies monopolize
- what is monopoly in economics
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