Meanings
nounconsumation (uncountable)
- rareuncountableConsumption; the act of consuming or depleting something.
Nitrate of soda is itself an important ingredient of fertilizer, and any decrease in the consumation of nitrate for making acid should react in favor of a decreased demand, and so of a lower price, for nitrate of soda.
1919 December 12, Charles L[athrop] Parsons, “The American Chemical Society, V”, in Science, volume L, number 1302, Lancaster, P.A.; Garrison, N.Y.; New York, N.Y.: The Science Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 547
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
- Proto-Italic*emō
- Latinemō
- Latinsūmō
- Latincōnsūmō
- Old Frenchconsumer
- Middle Englishconsumen
- Englishconsume
- Englishconsumation
From consum(e) + -ation.
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APA
consumation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumation
MLA
“consumation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consumation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consumation.
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