consume · verb
Sens et exemples
Utiliser une quantité d'énergie, de matériaux ou d'une autre ressource.
This old fridge consumes more electricity than the smaller one in our office.
The project consumed most of our time during the summer holidays.
Large cars usually consume more fuel than smaller cars on the same journey.
We are consuming paper faster than the office can order new supplies.
Formes
- consume base form
- consumes third-person singular present
- consumed past tense; past participle
- consuming present participle