gerund
The activity of eating or drinking something.
Regularly consuming too much sugar can harm your teeth.
She enjoys consuming fresh fruit.
American English
How to pronounce consuming
noun · verb · adjectiveB2Common word
knSOOmihng
/kʰn̩ˈsu.mɪŋ/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of consume
The activity of eating or drinking something.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
gerund
The activity of using up a resource such as time, energy, fuel, or electricity.
Carelessly consuming too much electricity raises costs.
They talked about consuming less fuel.
gerund
The activity of watching, reading, listening to, or otherwise taking in media or information.
For many people, consuming news from social media is stressful.
They discussed consuming less online content.
present participle
Eating or drinking something as an ongoing action.
She is consuming a bowl of soup.
The athletes are consuming extra calories after training.
Useful expressions
to be completely controlled by a strong feeling or thought
He was consumed by anger.
Related words & forms
The final e disappears before -ing: consuming, not consumeing.