consummate
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.
complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.
Origin of consummate
1Other words for consummate
Opposites for consummate
Other words from consummate
- con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
- con·sum·ma·tive, con·sum·ma·to·ry [kuhn-suhm-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /kənˈsʌm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- con·sum·ma·tor, noun
- half-con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
- un·con·sum·mate, adjective
- un·con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
- un·con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
- un·con·sum·ma·tive, adjective
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How to use consummate in a sentence
Cisterra executed the lease arrangement with the city on the same day the sale was consummated.
Real Estate Debacles Loomed Large on Faulconer’s Watch | Lisa Halverstadt | December 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoForever the consummate engineer, Ridley handed Yeager a 10-inch length of broomstick so he could pull down the hatch with one hand, sparing his sore ribs.
Chuck Yeager has died at 97, but the legacy of his record-breaking flight lives on | Rob Verger | December 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe consummate feel-good story of the 2020 college football season can be found in Conway, South Carolina.
How Coastal Carolina Invaded The Top 15 (And Our Hearts) | Josh Planos | December 8, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightJames Addison Baker was the consummate master at actually getting things done in Washington.
As more contracts are consummated through computers, a Big Tech company could make the tie-up official and ink the dotted line.
5 software acquisitions Salesforce’s Slack deal could spur | rhhackettfortune | December 4, 2020 | Fortune
Belleisle, for his part, is consummately skilful, and manages as only himself could.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleBut the old man consummately ignored this complication and directed attention to his son.
The chief memory that will remain of him is that of a King and man who fought consummately well.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleHe may have sparkled consummately in a normal condition; but he did not sparkle on the Cuba.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise KelloggBut these actual things she knew she could do consummately; and she would not risk the production of anything not consummate.
The English Novel | George Saintsbury
British Dictionary definitions for consummate
to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil
to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse
accomplished or supremely skilled: a consummate artist
(prenominal) (intensifier): a consummate fool
Origin of consummate
1Derived forms of consummate
- consummately, adverb
- consummation, noun
- consummative or consummatory, adjective
- consummator, noun
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