потребление, потребляющий
прилагательное ↓
- всепоглощающий (об интересе и т. п.)
consuming ambition — честолюбие, снедающее человека 
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
time-consuming test — трудоемкий анализ
time consuming — требующий значительных временных затрат; требующий временных затрат
time-consuming — времяёмкий (А.Череповский, словарь по прикладной геофизике, 1998 г.)
consuming publics — группы потребителей
consuming sector — сектор энергопотребления
cost-consuming — требующий больших затрат
current-consuming — токоприёмный
drug consuming nation — страна, в которой происходит сбыт наркотиков
energy-consuming enterprises — энергоёмкие предприятия
energy-consuming maneuver — манёвр рассеивания избыточной энергии
Примеры с переводом
I didn’t find the plot of the novel particularly consuming.
Сюжет романа не показался мне особенно захватывающим.
During this period, politics became his consuming interest.
В этот период его всепоглощающим интересом стала политика.
As I look into their black faces, their hope is so thorough and consuming it frightens me.
Вглядываясь в их чёрные лица, я вижу надежду столь всеобъемлющую и всепоглощающую, что даже становится страшно.
Возможные однокоренные слова
consumer — потребительский, потребитель
consumable — потребляемый, употребляемый
consumed — потребленный, израсходованный, снедаемый, употребленный, истраченный
Synonyms
Example Sentences
didn’t find the plot of the novel particularly consuming
Recent Examples on the Web
By mid-August, that fear was no less consuming.
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Heidi Levine, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2022
The hero is Alice, wife to Jack, who finds a job in the all-consuming but rather mysterious Victory Project.
—James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2022
For Stone, who now lives in South Carolina, one of the most consuming challenges was the anxiety of setting a camera trap and then walking away, sometimes for days at a time, with no control over what might happen next.
—Steven Bedard, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019
In the depths of the first movement, immediately before Tchaikovsky’s most consuming cry of desolation, the bassoons, basses and timpani hold a low F sharp, for just a beat and a half.
—David Allen, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
Ratajkowski frames the development of her political consciousness as a process born of self-consciousness, a cancerous and consuming view of the self that the writer argues was pushed on her by patriarchal capitalist society.
—Jordan Taliha Mcdonald, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2021
Franzen’s most consuming interest is the existential distress that so often molders within a disintegrating household.
—Becca Rothfeld, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2021
On top of this, if there is an unraveling in Afghanistan, controlling the fallout will become a consuming issue for the U.S. military.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 9 July 2021
Doctors, nurses, paramedics and support staff have courageously taken on enormous risk during the pandemic, the most consuming health crisis in more than 100 years, but there is no specific death count for them.
—Phil Mccausland, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2020
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First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined above
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Meaning of CONSUMING in English
/ kənˈsjuːmɪŋ; NAmE -ˈsuː-/ adjective
[ only before noun ] ( of a feeling, an interest, etc. ) so strong or important that it takes up all your time and energy :
Basketball is his consuming passion .
—see also time-consuming
Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.
Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.
2005
And by far — now I hate to use the term consuming classical music — but by far the dominant medium for consumption of classical music is radio. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We have the largest aggregation of young people interested in consuming content that I’ve seen. ❋ Steve Rosenbaum (2010)
We don’t believe in consuming for the sake of consumption. ❋ Felicia C. Sullivan (2010)
These are methane eaters and they may have played a part in consuming some of the hydrocarbon gas that spewed into the Gulf. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Demand-side trends include the addition of more than 70 million people to the global population each year, 4 billion people moving up the food chain – consuming more grain-intensive meat, milk, and eggs, and the massive diversion of U.S. grain to fuel ethanol distilleries. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Back behind the plodding horses, I would take an hour in consuming that one cracker. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Healthcare reform should include free-market, but regulated capitalist solutions to lowering heathcare costs, such as cross-state insurance, more individual involvement in consuming medical services, elimination of government subsidies, etc.. katiec ❋ Unknown (2009)
Maybe it’s just perception, but it really feels like the task of consuming is simply accelerated by doing it this way. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Ahhh adventure, I personally believe in consuming as many different species as possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)
How humiliating that the son of a culinary mystery writer and a chef has zero interest in consuming anything beyond peanut butter sandwiches and grilled cheese! ❋ The Stiletto Gang (2008)
However, as users begin consuming more content, they will need a system for aggregating, mobilizing and discovering content feeds. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Almost 7 percent of U.S. women between forty-five and forty-nine years old and 4 percent between fifty-five and fifty-nine report heavy drinking.9 Heavy drinking is defined as consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on the same occasion on at least five different days in the past thirty days. ❋ M.D. Vivian Pinn (2006)
I am concerned about the fairness of our policy towards producing provinces when provincial governments in consuming provinces tax away the benefits to the consumer, and I will have to take this into consideration in my decision on pricing policy. ❋ Unknown (1983)
Investigators said culture could be a significant factor in the diagnosis and African Americans may not label consuming larger portions as such. ❋ Unknown (2009)
SOAP is an XML-based RPC protocol which is often referred to as consuming lots of bandwidth. ❋ Unknown (2009)
[I’m going to] [consume] this [pineapple] ❋ Jiminieepaboo (2017)
1. «Consumer spending is up [51]%!»
2. «Demand for Product X has [consumers] [mobbing] stores.» ❋ Edifice (2006)
The [average] consumer has [little] [idea] what motivates them ❋ Naimad (2008)
“Consume” ❋ Shrugslummer (2018)
The [consumability] of [the content] made it easy to learn.
When deciding on an [e-Learning] platform, consumability is a large determining factor. ❋ Startup Industries (2020)
The newly [wed] [king and queen] consumated their marriage on their [honeymoon]. ❋ Gunslingergirlvy_c_e (2008)
Exp: «The [Shady Bunch] have consumed the Brown Town Legends in the projections after the defense glitch.»
Exp: «[Kareem Hunt] has consumed [Nick Chubb], leaving him a bum-ass nigga.» ❋ Hoss171717 (2019)
You: So, what does «[consumation]» mean?
Me: THE ACT OF [GETTING LAID].
You: I’m going to [look this up] on Urban Dictionary!
Me: IT’S ALREADY THERE! ❋ Yes, I DID Just Do That… (2009)
I’m consumed in love [Sheldon] [Grant] [Carmichael] and I can’t wait till we become one! You’re my heart baby! ❋ Amie (2005)
America used to make stuff, but now that [third world] countries and [corporations] have hooked up, we’re just [a nation] of consumers. ❋ Jimmy_Janga (2011)
consuming — перевод на русский
/kənˈsjuːmɪŋ/
waiting for the fire without flames to consume the stairs, waiting for the streets to subside and split down the middle to reveal the gaping labyrinth of the sewers;
огонь без пламени поглотит лестницу, улица провалится и расколется пополам и обнажит зияющий лабиринт канализации;
Consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice.
Поглотит она тебя, как поглотила она ученика Оби-Вана.
-But the knowledge will consume you.
— Но это знание поглотит тебя.
Soon, this place will also be consumed by the Sea of Decay.
Скоро тут всё поглотит Лес.
At its current rate, it will consume the Enterprise in nine hours, 17 minutes.
При текущей скорости распространения оно поглотит «Энтерпрайз» приблизительно через 9 часов 17 минут.
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It comes over you, consumes you, and then you understand.
Оно накатывает на тебя, поглощает, и тогда ты понимаешь.
it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.
Это огонь, который поглощает меня. Но я огонь.
So great that everything is consumed.
Такую великую, что все поглощает.
So immense that all is consumed
что все поглощает,
Entropy consumes everything.
Энтропия поглощает все.
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Any reason why anyone else would be consuming power?
Возможно ли, чтобы кто-либо еще мог потреблять энергию?
-The Source will consume itself, and whoever controls it, or at least that’s the Doctor’s theory.
— Источник начнет потреблять сам себя и того, кто им управляет — по крайней мере, такова теория Доктора.
People like to remind themselves of death, eating black food is like consuming death,
Люди любят напоминать себе о смерти. Есть черную пищу — это как потреблять смерть.
Hunger will consume their duty.
Голод будет потреблять их обязанность(пошлину).
Показать ещё примеры для «потреблять»…
I have become utterly consumed by these fantastic visions.
Я оказался полностью поглощён этими невообразимыми перспективами.
I’m really consumed with doubts about life and also a disregard for death.
Ќа самом деле € поглощен сомнени€ми по поводу жизни и безразличи€ к смерти.
He has merely consumed a sleeping draft.
Он просто поглощён глубоким сном.
How could I have been so consumed by the acquisition of magic and power that I neglected to protect my own daughter?
Как же я был поглощен приобретением магии и власти, чтобы пренебречь … защитой собственной дочери?
Every time it looked like the world would be consumed by hatred and darkness, another force arose, a much brighter one, to send the darkness back.
Но каждый раз, когда казалось, что мир окончательно поглощен ненавистью и тьмой, появлялась другая сила, куда более светлая, которая вновь отправляла тьму в небытие.
Показать ещё примеры для «поглощён»…
Drugs and alcohol were consumed.
Затем употребляли алкоголь и наркотики.
Yeah, what about the drugs? The ecstasy’s been consumed so the evidentiary link is gone.
— Если они их и употребляли, улик нам уже не найти.
Did you know that venison was consumed way before people ever ate chicken or beef?
Ты знаешь, что оленину употребляли в пищу до того, как люди начали есть курицу или говядину?
On the three days leading up to the accident: Tuesday, October 11th, Wednesday, October 12th or Thursday, October 13th, did you consume any alcohol or other intoxicating elements?
В течение трех дней перед катастрофой, вторник, 11 октября, среда, 12 октября, и четверг, 13 октября, вы употребляли алкоголь или иные наркотические вещества?
On the morning of the accident, Friday, October 14th, did you consume any alcohol, or ingest any chemicals or drugs that may have impaired your ability to perform your job?
Утром в день катастрофы, в пятницу, 14 октября, вы употребляли алкоголь, химические препараты или наркотики, которые могли негативно повлиять на выполнение вашей работы?
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As to me, since you saw me all naked in the temple, I’m consumed by a fever that I can’t subdue.
Что до меня, то с тех пор как вы видели меня в храме полностью обнажённой, меня пожирает лихорадка, которую я не в силах побороть.
They’re consumed with morbid fascination.
Их пожирает нездоровый интерес. Они дождаться не могут попасть сюда.
It consumed them.
Она пожирает их.
And a hypocrite too, consumed by your own greed.
Ты обыкновенная обманщица, мама и лицемерка! Тебя пожирает жадность.
You are consumed by love. It’s Mr. Carson Clay.
Тебя пожирает любовь!
Показать ещё примеры для «пожирает»…
It has taken food to consume later.
Дроккен взял больше еды, чтобы съесть позже.
«Nolita could easily be written off as a disaster were it not for the food, which, judging from the small amount I was allowed to consume, is sublime
— Пойду собирать вещи. — Аспетта, Джек, слушай дальше. «На «Нолите» можно было бы ставить крест, если бы не еда, которая, судя по тому немногому, что я успела съесть, превосходна.
Actually, it’s much more likely the family dog would attack and consume its owner.
На самом деле, намного вероятнее, что домашняя собака может напасть и съесть своего хозяина.
It’s pretty hard to consume enough fish to give yourself mercury poisoning, and it doesn’t usually present solely with pain.
Погуглите. Очень непросто съесть столько рыбы, чтобы отравиться ртутью. И среди симптомов была бы не только боль.
I mean, what could be more natural than wanting to consume human flesh?
Что может быть более естественным, чем желание съесть человеческую плоть?
Показать ещё примеры для «съесть»…
And now it’s consumed you.
А теперь она тебя уничтожит.
The Axonite’ll cease to be dormant… and it’ll continue to grow, gentlemen, until every living thing is consumed.
Аксонит перестанет бездействовать и начнет расти, господа, пока не уничтожит все живое.
I estimate the breach will consume the Enterprise in seven hours, two minutes.
По моим оценкам, разрушение ядра уничтожит «Энтерпрайз» приблизительно через 7 часов 2 минуты.
The fire consumes your fear.
Огонь уничтожит твой страх.
That power will only consume you.
Эта сила и уничтожит тебя.
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I’m sure a lot of beer was consumed.
Я уверен, что она выпила много пива.
She consumed an alcoholic beverage. I volunteered to be her designated driver.
Она выпила бокал алкоголя, я вызвался ее подвезти.
— She may have consumed two alcoholic beverages.
— Она наверное выпила пару бокалов.
She didn’t consume.
Она не выпила.
What if she really consumed it?
Что если она действительно выпила бы?
Показать ещё примеры для «выпила»…
I have often wondered what it must be like to have one’s mouth water in anticipation of the arrival of a confection or to feel the pleasure I have observed in humans as they consume it.
Меня часто интересовало, каково это: когда у кого -то текут слюнки в ожидании сладостей или каково это — чувствовать то удовольствие, которое я наблюдал у людей, когда они их едят.
Now, I assume that’s because you know we’re required to send prisoners to a medical facility if they fail to consume food or water for 72 hours.
Подозреваю, вы это сделали потому, что знаете о том, что мы обязаны отправлять заключенных в больницу в случае, если они ничего не едят и не пьют в течение 72 часов.
It’s the reason so many household pets consume it and die.
По этой причине многие домашние животные едят его и умирают.
I have consumed only potato chips and they are savoury, not sweet.
Я ела только картофельные чипсы, причем соленые, не сладкие.
And the only food and drink Caroline consumed in the half hour before she died was the Champagne.
И единственным, что Кэролайн ела или пила за последние полчаса своей жизни, было это шампанское.
Показать ещё примеры для «едят»…
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The working class has been turned into a consuming class — a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSUMING
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSUMING
Consuming is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.
WHAT DOES CONSUMING MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Consumption
Consumption may refer to: Biology ▪ Consumption ▪ Consumption, an archaic name for pulmonary tuberculosis ▪ Ingestion of food and drink Economics ▪ Consumption ▪ Consumption function, an economic formula ▪ Use of final goods from a consumer until disposal Sociology ▪ Consumption…
Definition of consuming in the English dictionary
The definition of consuming in the dictionary is taking up all or a great deal of one’s time, interest, etc.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSUMING
Synonyms and antonyms of consuming in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «CONSUMING»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «consuming» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «consuming» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF CONSUMING
Find out the translation of consuming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of consuming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «consuming» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
强烈的
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
consumista
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
खपत
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
المستهلكة
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
потребляя
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
fulminante
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
গ্রাসকারী
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
dévorant
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Memakan
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
brennend
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
熱烈な
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
사람을 사로잡는
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Mangan
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
tiêu thụ
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
சாப்பிடும்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
घेणारे
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
tüketen
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
divorante
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
spożywanie
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
споживаючи
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
consumatoare
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
κατανάλωση
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
beslag
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
krävande
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
forbruker
5 millions of speakers
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSUMING»
The term «consuming» is very widely used and occupies the 12.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSUMING» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about consuming
10 QUOTES WITH «CONSUMING»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word consuming.
Shooting stuff on horseback is more complicated and time consuming than anything else.
I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.
You can’t really call yourself an environmentalist if you’re still consuming animals. You just can’t.
Once you understand that everybody’s going to get connected, a lot of things follow from that. If everybody gets the Internet, they end up with a browser, so they look at web pages — but they can also leave comments, create web pages. They can even host their own server! So not only is everybody consuming, they can also produce.
The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity — an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
For all the sophistication of a world in which most of our waking hours are spent consuming or interacting with media, we have scarcely advanced in our understanding of what attention means.
The working class has been turned into a consuming class — a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.
But in my college years it got to the point where my friends and I didn’t do anything without consuming a massive amount of alcohol before we went anywhere or did anything, and you know that.
I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They’re consuming real estate, not investing in it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSUMING»
Discover the use of consuming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to consuming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Consuming Geographies: We Are Where We Eat
The ‘cultural turn’ has brought identity politics and issues of consumption to the fore in geography . By exploring geographies of food consumption, Bell and Valentine examine how we all think place and identity through food.
David Bell, Gill Valentine, 2013
2
Consuming Subjects: Women, Shopping, and Business in the …
Drawing on feminist criticism, cultural studies, and new historicist ideas, Kowaleski-Wallace suveys eighteenth century literary texts, material object, and cultural events to illuminate the ways in which women are both controlled by and …
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace, 1997
3
Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies
Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities.
4
Consuming Innocence: Popular Culture and Our Children
Underneath the conversational tone and common-sense advice is serious and comprehensive research. This timely book explores the complex relationship kids — from tots and tweens to teens — have with popular culture.
In Consuming Places, Urry explores the concept of ‘society’, the nature of ‘locality’, the significance of ‘economic restructuring’, and how the concept of the ‘rural’ are examined in relationship to place.
6
Consuming the Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural …
In her unique study of American love in the twentieth century, Eva Illouz unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of «true» love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer …
7
Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective
This book explores the relationship between space, place and consumption, aiming to develop integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place.
Professor David Goodman, Professor Michael K Goodman, Professor Michael Redclift, 2012
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An All-Consuming Century: Why Commercialism Won in Modern …
«An All-Consuming Century» is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism.
9
Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the …
Delving into the history of the former Belgian colony, this book exposes the horror of day-to-day life in the Congo, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence.
10
Consuming the Word: The New Testament and the Eucharist in …
Consuming the Word continues in that illustrious tradition. It brings us a powerful and welcome guide as we take our place in the great and challenging work in sharing the Good News. From the Hardcover edition.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSUMING»
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Ne-Hi shares new all-consuming song “Drag” — listen
CoSigned indie rockers Ne-Hi are looking to follow up their impressive 2014 self-titled debut with a new album next year. As a preview of what’s … «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
Shocking videos of Tamil Nadu children consuming liquor go viral …
Chennai: With shocking videos of some children in Tamil Nadu consuming liquor going viral, PMK and MDMK on Wednesday expressed … «IBNLive, Jul 15»
Romance is Comical and All-Consuming in Much Ado About …
Scarlett and Rhett. Dick and Liz. Popeye and Olive Oyl. We are always drawn to love affairs of the torrid variety, because the flame that … «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Jul 15»
Fireworks damage to Corpus bridge costly, time consuming
… bridge lights Saturday night during the Fourth of July Big Bang Celebration — damages that the City says will be costly and time consuming. «KHOU, Jul 15»
Rhythms: A Novel About the All-Consuming Commitment to Caring …
The three days in the present show how all-consuming caring for an elderly parent can be — particularly when that parent resides in your home. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
More than 40 Islamic State fighters die after consuming poisonous Iftar
MOSUL, IRAQ: More than 40 Islamic State fighters died after consuming Iftar in Iraq’s city of Mosul. According to an foreign news agency, … «ARY NEWS, Jul 15»
5 Hospitalised After Consuming Instant Noodles in Shillong
Shillong: Five persons including four minors of a family were hospitalised after they consumed ready-to-eat noodles here, a senior police … «NDTV, Jul 15»
5 Fall Sick After Consuming Instant Noodles
5 Fall Sick After Consuming Instant Noodles Five persons including four minors of a family were hospitalized after they consumed ready-to-eat … «NDTV, Jul 15»
46 girl students taken ill after consuming food
Close to 46 girl students from the Social Welfare Residential School and Junior College, Mahendra Hills, Secunderabad, were admitted to … «The Hindu, Jul 15»
Fireworks Damage to Harbor Bridge Lights Costly, Time Consuming
Police are still investigating what damaged the harbor bridge lights Saturday night during the Fourth of July Big Bang Celebration — damages … «KIII TV3, Jul 15»
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consume
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2 tr; often passive to engross or obsess
3 tr to use up; expend
my car consumes little oil
4 to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc.
fire consumed the forest
5 tr to waste or squander
the time consumed on that project was excessive
6 passive to waste away
(C14: from Latin consumere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sumere to take up, from emere to take, purchase)
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time-consuming
adj taking up or involving a great deal of time
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absorbing, compelling, devouring, engrossing, excruciating, gripping, immoderate, overwhelming, tormenting
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Other forms: consumingly
If you have a passion for art, and making it is all you can think about or do, your passion for art is consuming. It is intense and almost overwhelming.
Picture a fire burning in a fireplace. The fire consumes the logs you have put in it. It completely devours them in order to burn. When something, a passion or a drive, is consuming, it dominates a person’s life like that fire, and in a sense, it devours their energy and attention. Your consuming desire to travel might cause you to study abroad for a semester or even move to Europe.
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possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
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consuming: resource consuming потребление ресурсов consuming: resource consuming потребление ресурсов
English-Russian short dictionary > consuming
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Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > consuming
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > consuming
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Англо-русский синонимический словарь > consuming
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consuming
a всепоглощающий
Синонимический ряд:
1. gripping (adj.) absorbing; engrossing; enthralling; gripping; monopolizing
2. immoderate (adj.) devastating; exhausting; harmful; immoderate; wasteful
3. absorbing (verb) absorbing; engrossing; monopolising; monopolizing; preoccupying; sewing up
4. eating (verb) devouring; eating; eating up; feeding on; ingesting; partaking; partaking of; taking
5. polishing off (verb) polishing off; punishing; putting away; putting down; shifting; swilling
6. spending (verb) depleting; draining; exhausting; expending; finishing; going; play out; run through; running through; spending; use up; using up; washing up
7. swallowing (verb) consuming; devouring; dispatching; eat up; put away; swallowing
8. wasting (verb) blowing; blundering away; casting away; dissipating; dribbling away; driveling or drivelling; fool away; fooling away; fritter away; frittering; frivoling away or frivolling away; muddling away; riot away; rioting away; squandering; throw away; throwing away; trifle away; trifling away; wasting
English-Russian base dictionary > consuming
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consuming
[kənʹsju:mıŋ]
всепоглощающий ()
consuming ambition — честолюбие, снедающее человека
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Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > consuming
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consuming
потребляющий; потребление
time consuming — занимающий много времени; потребление времени
English-Russian big medical dictionary > consuming
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Англо-русский технический словарь > consuming
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > consuming
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consuming
[kən`sjuːmɪŋ]
всепоглощающий
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > consuming
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consuming
1 (a) потребительский
2 (n) потребление
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всепоглощающий (об интересе и т. п.)
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потребляющий
потребление* * *
потребительский
потребление
потребления
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всепоглощающий (об интересе и т. п.)
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[kən’sjuːmɪŋ]
прил.
всепоглощающий, захватывающий
Англо-русский современный словарь > consuming
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потребительский
потребление
потребления
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consuming
n.spotrěbovanje · спотребованје
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consuming capacity
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > consuming capacity
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consuming power
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > consuming power
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consuming — adj. taking up most of one s attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion. Syn: overwhelming. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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-consuming — [kənsju:mıŋ US su: ] suffix using a lot of something such as time, energy, or space ▪ a time consuming job ▪ energy consuming labour … Dictionary of contemporary English
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consuming — index deadly, deleterious, harmful, malignant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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consuming — con|sum|ing [kənˈsju:mıŋ US ˈsu: ] adj [only before noun] a consuming feeling is so strong that you think of little else ▪ a consuming hatred consuming interest/passion (=a strong feeling of interest, or something you are extremely interested in) … Dictionary of contemporary English
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consuming — adjective (only before noun) a consuming feeling is so strong that it controls you and often has a bad effect on your life: It was her consuming ambition to become party leader. | consuming passion (=something you are extremely interested in):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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consuming — [[t]kənsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ː [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A consuming passion or interest is more important to you than anything else. → See also , time consuming He has developed a consuming passion for chess … English dictionary
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Consuming — 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
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consuming — adjective Date: 1905 deeply felt ; ardent < a consuming interest >; also engrossing … New Collegiate Dictionary
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consuming — consumingly, adv. consumingness, n. /keuhn sooh ming/, adj. strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful. [CONSUME + ING2] * * * … Universalium
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consuming — adjective holding the full attention, for example a consuming passion for wiki … Wiktionary
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consuming — adj. Consuming is used with these nouns: ↑interest, ↑passion … Collocations dictionary