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Collocations for consumption - noun

ADJECTIVE

heavy, high
the country with the highest fuel consumption in the world
low
average
overall, total
excessive, moderate
conspicuous (= buying expensive goods in order to impress people and show how rich you are)
annual, daily
Reducing our annual consumption of energy is an important first step.
current
per capita
domestic, home, local
It is important that the recovery be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.
Half of the small crop was kept for home consumption.
world
household
individual, personal
mass
public
private
future
households that save for future consumption
alcohol, beer, cigarette, drug, food, meat, tobacco, water, wine
electricity, energy, fuel, gas, gasoline (AmE), oil, petrol (BrE), power

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… OF CONSUMPTION

level

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VERB + consumption

boost, encourage, increase, promote, stimulate
Doctors say that we need to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables.
The industry faced a serious challenge in trying to stimulate consumption.
cut down, lower, reduce
You need to reduce your alcohol consumption.

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consumption + VERB

go up, grow, increase, rise
decline, decrease, fall, go down

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consumption + NOUN

expenditure
figures, levels, rate
habits, patterns
goods
tax

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PREPOSITION

for sb's consumption (= intended to be read or heard by sb)
The documents were not for public consumption.

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PHRASES

fit for human consumption, unfit for human consumption (= safe/not safe to be eaten)
meat that is unfit for human consumption

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