consumption

How many syllables in consumption?

  3 syllables

Divide consumption into syllables:   con-sump-tion
Stressed syllable in consumption:   con-sump-tion
How to pronounce consumption:   kun-suhmp-shun
How to say consumption:

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Synonyms for consumption


1 syllable
  • use
    2 syllables
    • drinking
    • intake
    • wastage
    • eating
    • spending
    3 syllables
    • burning up
    • ingestion
    • deployment
    • using up
    4 syllables
      5 syllables
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