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consummate

[ verb kon-suh-meyt; adjective kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit ]

verb (used with object)

, con·sum·mat·ed, con·sum·mat·ing.
  1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.

    Synonyms: achieve, accomplish, finish, perfect, complete

  2. 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.

  3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.


adjective

  1. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb:

    a consummate master of the violin.

    Antonyms: unfinished, imperfect

  2. being of the highest or most extreme degree:

    a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

consummate

verb

  1. to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil
  2. to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse


adjective

  1. accomplished or supremely skilled

    a consummate artist

  2. prenominal (intensifier)

    a consummate fool

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Derived Forms

  • conˈsummately, adverb
  • ˈconsumˌmator, noun
  • ˌconsumˈmation, noun
  • ˈconsumˌmative, adjective

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Other Words From

  • con·summate·ly adverb
  • consum·mative con·sum·ma·to·ry [k, uh, n-, suhm, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of consummate1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (adjective), from Latin consummātus “completed,” past participle of consummāre “to complete, bring to perfection,” from con- con- + summ(a) sum + -āre, infinitive verb suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of consummate1

C15: from Latin consummāre to complete, from summus highest, utmost

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Example Sentences

They also highlight the city’s inability to nail down where millions of dollars in the transaction ended up years after the deal was consummated.

Mike is a consummate organizer, and I emulate a whole bunch of elements from his playbook.

Indeed, protecting discrimination is the sole area where this consummate yes-man has shown notable leadership.

We believe from a management and Board perspective this is a unique deal of a decade opportunity with a price tag that could easily be consummated.

From Fortune

Wood said the Civic Center Plaza transaction was ultimately consummated in June because the trustees wound up requesting an extension of their own to allow them to take advantage of a tax benefit.

If it sounds as though Scott is a consummate politician, skilled at avoiding controversy, think again.

Like Biden, Klain is a consummate fixer, with Georgetown and Harvard Law School degrees thrown in for good measure.

David, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.

First-time candidate and full-time economics professor Dave Brat decisively defeated the consummate pol by a 55 to 45 margin.

The monarch, the consummate PR, the head of the nation, had been supremely outplayed on her home territory.

While using the lustrous coverings for his works with consummate skill, there is one qualification that must not be lost sight of.

Such a priest was Portocarrero; and he seems to have been a consummate master of his craft.

His mother had been embalmed with such consummate skill that she appeared as she had appeared on her death bed.

Nelson called him 'a consummate divine,' and by no means stood alone in his opinion.

She showed a consummate perfidy toward Diane de Poitiers, to which historians have not given due attention.

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