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
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.
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden | Lloyd Green | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDavid, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.
Victoria and David Beckham Celebrate Their 15th Wedding Anniversary | Erin Cunningham | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFirst-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.
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While using the lustrous coverings for his works with consummate skill, there is one qualification that must not be lost sight of.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickSuch a priest was Portocarrero; and he seems to have been a consummate master of his craft.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHis mother had been embalmed with such consummate skill that she appeared as she had appeared on her death bed.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayNelson called him 'a consummate divine,' and by no means stood alone in his opinion.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonShe showed a consummate perfidy toward Diane de Poitiers, to which historians have not given due attention.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
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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