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• consume — con‧sume [kənˈsjuːm ǁ ˈsuːm] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to buy and use goods, services, energy, or natural materials: • Never underestimate the power of the American citizen to consume. • The UK and France consume more gas than Italy,… …   Financial and business terms

• consume — [v1] use up absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize …   New thesaurus

• use — [yo͞oz; ] for n. [ yo͞os] vt. used [yo͞ozd; ] with [ “] to [, ] usually [ yo͞os′tə] using [ME usen < OFr user < VL * usare < L usus, pp. of uti, to use] 1. to put or bring into action or service; employ for or apply to a given purpose 2 …   English World dictionary

• Consume — Con*sume (k[o^]n*s[=u]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed} (k[o^]n*s[=u]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See {Redeem}.] To destroy, as by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• use — 1 / yüs/ n 1 a: an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust; statute of uses in the important laws section ◇ Uses… …   Law dictionary

• Use — Use, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Used}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Using}.] [OE. usen, F. user to use, use up, wear out, LL. usare to use, from L. uti, p. p. usus, to use, OL. oeti, oesus; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Utility}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make use of; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• consume — I verb absumere, annihilate, burn up, consumere, demolish, destroy, devour, disappear, drain, dwindle, eat, empty, eradicate, evaporate, exhaust, expend, spend, squander, swallow, use up, utilize, waste, wear away, wear out II index burn, decay …   Law dictionary

• use up — index consume, deplete, diminish, dissipate (expend foolishly), exhaust (deplete), expend (consume), spe …   Law dictionary

• consume — [kən so͞om′, kənsyo͞om′] vt. consumed, consuming [ME consumen < OFr consumer < L consumere, to use up, eat, waste < com , together + sumere, to take < sub , under + emere, to buy, take: see REDEEM] 1. to destroy, as by fire; do away… …   English World dictionary

• consume — late 14c., from O.Fr. consumer to consume (12c.) and directly from L. consumere to use up, eat, waste, from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com )), + sumere to take, from sub under + emere to buy, take (see EXEMPT (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• use — ► VERB 1) take, hold, or deploy as a means of achieving something. 2) (use up) consume or expend the whole of. 3) treat in a particular way. 4) exploit unfairly. 5) (used to) did repeatedly or existed in the past. 6) …   English terms dictionary