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verb
- 1. make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse: "they did not consummate their marriage until months after it took place"
adjective
- 1. showing great skill and flair: "she dressed with consummate elegance"
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CONSUMMATE definition: 1. perfect, or complete in every way: 2. to make a marriage or romantic relationship complete by…. Learn more.
Consummate can be used to describe something good or bad: consummate joy, a consummate liar. To consummate means to bring something to completion, but it often refers specifically to making a marriage complete by having sexual relations.
The meaning of CONSUMMATE is extremely skilled and accomplished. How to use consummate in a sentence. Are You Using consummate Correctly?
[formal] consummation (kɒnsəmeɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...the morning after the consummation of their marriage. Synonyms: completion, end, achievement, perfection More Synonyms of consummate. 3. verb. To consummate an agreement means to complete it. [formal] There have been several close calls, but no one has been able to consummate a deal.
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.
1. to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil. 2. (Law) to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse. adj. 3. accomplished or supremely skilled: a consummate artist. 4. ( prenominal) (intensifier): a consummate fool.
To realize or achieve; fulfill. A dream that was finally consummated with the publication of her first book. American Heritage. To make (a marriage) actual by sexual intercourse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse. American Heritage.
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. Lawmaking to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse. adj.
Definition of consummate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful. [formal] [...] 2. If two people consummate a marriage or relationship, they make it complete by having sex. [formal] [...] 3. To consummate an agreement means to complete it. [formal] [...] More. Conjugations of 'consummate' present simple: I consummate, you consummate [...]
