How many syllables in consumption?

There are 3 syllables in the word consumption.

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Divide consumption into syllables:

con · sump · tion

How to pronounce consumption:

Definition of consumption:

consumption (noun):: the act or process of consuming; the quantity of something consumed or used; the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).

Synonyms for consumption:

activity

bodily function

bodily process

body process

consuming

deglutition

depletion

dissipation

drain

drink

drinking

eating

economic consumption

exhaustion

expenditure

feeding

imbibition

ingestion

intake

loss

phthisis

pulmonary tuberculosis

suck

sucking

suction

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