Hyphenation of consumption

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word consumption? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

con-sump-tion

Definitions of consumption:

1.	The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2.	Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
3.	(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing The consumption of energy has increased steadily
4.	The act of consuming something

Synonyms of consumption:

noun	ingestion, intake, uptake, bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
noun	pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague, tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
noun	economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services, demand
noun	using up, expenditure, depletion

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.