consummate
UK/ˈkɒnsəmət//ˈkɑnsəmət/
consummate adjective: complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
Adjective
consummate (comparative more consummate, superlative most consummate)
- Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
- There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue.1527, Robert Thorne, Divers Voyages touching the Dicoverie of America, volume 5
- A man of perfect and consummate virtue.1712 January 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, January 12, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 273; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator...
- Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
- a consummate sergeant
- Thus[…] he loses sight of the remoter truth, that details perfect in unity, and, contributing to a final purpose, are the sign of the production of a consummate master.1843, [John Ruskin], “Preface to the second edition”, in Modern Painters […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page xxxii
- Synonyms:
- able, artful, habile, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, capable, competent, conversant
- Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
- Till righteous fate Upon the Wooers' wrongs were consummate.1615, George Chapman, Odyssey
- Consummated.
- I doe but ſtay till your marriage be conſummate, and then go I toward Arragon.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Verb
UK/ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/US/ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/
consummate (third-person singular simple present consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated)
- To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- Although it was agreed by all that discovery must be consummated by possession and use, […]1921, James Truslow Adams, The Founding of New England, chapter III
- In one word, in perfumery the artist completes and consummates the original natural odour, which he cuts, so to speak, and mounts as a jeweller improves and brings out the water of a precious stone.1926, chapter X, in Against the Grain, translation of À rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans
- To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse.
- the marriage was never consummated
- After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
- To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
- Synonyms:
- come to a head, mature, ripe
consummate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
consummate in Tamil
- உரிச்சொற்கள், மணவுறவு நிறைவு செய்வதற்கான, முழுமைப்படுத்துதலுக்கான, மிகச்சிறந்த நிபுணத்துவம் வாய்ந்த, முழுவிவரமும் அறிந்த, மிகமேன்மையான
consummate in Urdu
- اعلیٰ, انتہا کا, منجھا ہوا, مکمل, معراج پر پہنچانا, مکمل کرنا
consummate in Bengali
- পূর্ণতা দেওয়া, সম্পন্ন করা
consummate in Malayalam
- സമ്പൂർണ്ണം, അത്യധികം നൈപുണ്യവും അനുഭവസമ്പത്തുമുള്ള, പൂർണ്ണ യോഗ്യതയുള്ള, പൂർത്തീകരിക്കുക, സഫലീകരിക്കുക, അവസാന മിനുക്കുപണികൾ നടത്തുക
More languagesFewer languages
- consummate in Kannada
- ನೆರವೇರಿಸು
- consummate in Vietnamese
- viên mãn
Examples of consummate in a sentence
- A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.1859, George Meredith, chapter 5, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to...
- […] Marmaduke, who had the consummate impudence to reply that […]1880, George Bernard Shaw, “Chapter VII”, in The Irrational Knot:
- Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting:
- England's first-half display was consummate in its control, Italy made to look decidedly average as Rice and Jude Bellingham controlled affairs and Kane made history.2023 March 23, Phil McNulty, “Italy 1-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of consummate
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- categoric
- categorical
- decided
- downright
- full
- full-blown
- full-bore
- full-on
- outright
- out-and-out
- precious
- proper
- pure
- stark
- rank
- regular
- right
- root and branch
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unattenuated
- uncompromising
- unconditional
- unfettered
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- unreserved
Forms of consummate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more consummate |
| superlative | most consummate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | consummates |
| present participle | consummating |
| past participle | consummated |
| past | consummated |
Origin of consummate
First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English.
First attested in c. 1525; either inherited from Middle English *consummaten (only attested in compound tenses) or directly borrowed from Latin consummātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Words formed from consummate
Phrases with consummate
Questions about consummate
- What does consummate mean?
- Consummate means complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
- What is consummate in Tamil?
- Consummate in Tamil is உரிச்சொற்கள், மணவுறவு நிறைவு செய்வதற்கான, முழுமைப்படுத்துதலுக்கான. See Consummate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use consummate in a sentence?
- A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.
- What part of speech is consummate?
- Consummate can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce consummate?
- Consummate is pronounced /ˈkɒnsəmət/ (UK).
Words near consummate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: consummate (page history and authors); consummate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consummate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consummate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consummate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); consummate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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