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consummating

consummating is the present participle and gerund of consummate.

Meaning of consummate

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.
    • 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
  2. (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
  3. (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse.
    • the marriage was never consummated
  4. (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

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Questions about consummating

What is consummating the present participle and gerund of?
Consummating is the present participle and gerund of consummate.

Words near consummating in the dictionary

  1. consummated
  2. consummately
  3. consummates
  4. consummatest
  5. consummateth
  6. consummating
  7. consummation
  8. consummations
  9. consummative
  10. consummatively
  11. consummativeness

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