Hyphenation of CONSUMPTION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word CONSUMPTION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

CON-SUMP-TION

Definitions of CONSUMPTION:

1.
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2.
Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
3.
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
The consumption of energy has increased steadily
4.
The act of consuming something

Synonyms of CONSUMPTION:

noun ingestion, intake, uptake, bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
nounpulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague, tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
nouneconomic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services, demand
nounusing up, expenditure, depletion

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