Consummate

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English

Etymology

From Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare (“to sum up, finish, complete”) < com- (“together”) + summa (“the sum”) (see sum, summation).

Pronunciation 1

  • (UK) enPR: kŏn'syo͝omət, kən'sŭmĭt, IPA: /ˈkɒnsjʊmət/, /kənˈsʌmɪt/, SAMPA: /"kQnsjUm@t/, /k@n"sVmIt/
  • (US) enPR: kən'sŭmĭt, IPA: /ˈkɑnsəmət/, /kənˈsʌmɪt/, SAMPA: /"kAns@m@t/, /k@n"sVmIt/
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Adjective

Consummate (comparative more Consummate, superlative most Consummate)

  1. Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
  2. highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified
    • a consummate sergeant
    • Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Section IV,
      The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […]  ; thus it is in his power to control success.

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Pronunciation 2

Verb

Consummate (third-person singular simple present Consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated)

  1. (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
  2. (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch
  3. (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
    After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
    • 1890, Giovanni Boccacio, translated by James MacMullen Rigg, The Decameron, Novel 2, part 10,
      […] in the essay which he made the very first night to serve her so as to consummate the marriage he made a false move, […]
  4. (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch

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Thesaurus

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Translations

Adjective

complete, perfect, absolute
highly skilled and experienced


Verb

to bring something to completion
to make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse
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Latin

Verb

consummāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of consummō
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