Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingestion

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: in-ges-tion
IPA: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any intake of a substance into an organism.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Intake of data into a computer system.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The common modes of ingestion in forensic settings are oral ingestion, injection, and smoking"
"Ingestion is the first step of your big data pipeline. You will have to onboard the data in your instance of Spark, whether it is in local mode or cluster mode."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in-

Usage

Inflected Forms

ingestions (plural)

Derived Forms

coingestion ingestional postingestion preingestion reingestion

Phrases

avian ingestion bird ingestion

Synonyms

consumption intake uptake

Antonyms

egestion

Rhymes With

question suggestion congestion digestion indigestion egestion

Questions

How do you pronounce ingestion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/.
What does ingestion mean?: The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.
Where does ingestion come from?: Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”).

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