Čo znamená consume v angličtine a aká je definícia consume?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť consume výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

consume Význam & definícia

0 to use fuel, energy, or time, especially in large amounts:
- Our high living standards cause our current population to consume 25 percent of the world's oil.
- He consumes huge amounts of bread with every meal.
1 If a fire consumes something, it destroys it completely.
- He was consumed with jealousy.
- As a teenager, I was consumed by passion for the boy next door.
2 to use fuel, energy, or time, esp. in large amounts:
- Weekend shopping chores consumed much of her time.
- They consume a lot of candy.
- Fire had consumed the whole building.
- We were consumed with joy and relief, as well as profound gratitude.
3 to use something such as fuel, energy, money, or time, especially in large quantities:
- It's a province of China which consumes 180,000 tons of coal a year.
- This device will monitor how much energy your household appliances are consuming at any time.
- Meetings routinely consume at least 20 hours of his time a week.
4 to buy goods or services:
- The shift toward an increasingly cashless society has changed the way we consume goods.

It's the sum total of what you eat over a long period that matters and not what you consume in a day.
We consumed vast quantities of food and drink that night.
Alcohol should be consumed in moderation, and this is particularly true for pregnant women.
We recommend that this wine should be consumed within six months.
The defence budget consumes vast amounts of money.
They remained with us two or three days, consuming over 60 steers per diem.
At 0.5%, 1.0% and 2% sufficient was consumed, as estimated from the loss of weight to account for this.
The risk of diarrhoea was lower among those consuming boiled water but this finding was not statistically significant.