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consummate
[ verb kon-suh-meyt; adjective kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
Synonyms: achieve, accomplish, finish, perfect, complete
- 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.
adjective
- complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb:
a consummate master of the violin.
Antonyms: unfinished, imperfect
- being of the highest or most extreme degree:
a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.
consummate
verb
- to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil
- to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse
adjective
- accomplished or supremely skilled
a consummate artist
- prenominal (intensifier)
a consummate fool
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Derived Forms
- conˈsummately, adverb
- ˈconsumˌmative, adjective
- ˌconsumˈmation, noun
- ˈconsumˌmator, noun
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Other Words From
- con·summate·ly adverb
- consum·mative con·sum·ma·to·ry [k, uh, n-, suhm, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- consum·mator noun
- half-consum·mated adjective
- uncon·summate adjective
- uncon·summate·ly adverb
- un·consum·mated adjective
- un·consum·mative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consummate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of consummate1
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Example Sentences
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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