consummate

tr.v., -mat·ed, -mat·ing, -mates.

1. 1. To bring to completion or fruition; conclude: consummate a business transaction.
   2. To realize or achieve; fulfill: a dream that was finally consummated with the publication of her first book.
2. 1. To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.
   2. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse.

adj. (kən-sŭm'ĭt, kŏn'sə-mət)

1. Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness. See synonyms at perfect.
2. Supremely accomplished or skilled: “Sargent was now a consummate master of brushwork” (Roberta Smith).
3. Complete; utter: a consummate bore.

[Middle English consummaten, from Latin cōnsummāre, cōnsummāt- : com-, com- + summa, sum; see sum¹.]

consummately con·sum'mate·ly (kən-sŭm'ĭt-lē) adv.
consummative con'sum·ma'tive or con·sum'ma·to'ry (-sŭm'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
consummator con'sum·ma'tor n.

To complete, such as to consummate a business arrangement, contract, or other happening. For example, the consummation of a merger of two companies is when it finally takes place.

verb

To bring or come to a natural or proper end: close, complete, conclude, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up. See start/end.

adjective

1. Supremely excellent in quality or nature: absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, perfect, unflawed. See good/bad.
2. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter. Informal flat-out, positive. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

adj

Definition: ultimate, best
Antonyms: incomplete, unfinished, worst

v

Definition: achieve, finish
Antonyms: neglect

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To carry into completion; to fulfill; to accomplish.

A common-law marriage is consummated when the parties live in a manner intended to bring about public recognition of their relationship as husband and wife.

To consummate an agreement is to carry it out completely, as in a consummated sale. It is to bring to completion whatever was either intended or undertaken to be done.

IN BRIEF: To complete.

The lawyers signed the contract to consummate the deal.

Common misspelling(s) of consummate

• consumate

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fuldende, fuldbyrde
adj. - fuldendt

Nederlands (Dutch)
volmaakt, zeer vaardig, doortrapt, huwelijk voltrekken door geslachts- gemeenschap, vervolmaken, completeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - consommer (mariage) (sout)
adj. - accompli, achevé, parfait (sout)

Deutsch (German)
v. - vollziehen, vollenden
adj. - vollendet, vollkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ολοκληρώνω (γάμο με συνουσία), τελειοποιώ
adj. - ολοκληρωμένος, τέλειος, εντελής, έμπειρος, δοκιμασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
completare, consumare, perfetto, consumato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - consumar
adj. - consumado

Русский (Russian)
выполнять, заканчивать, законченный, совершенный, осуществить брачный союз

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - consumar
adj. - consumado, completo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fullkomna, fullända, fullborda
adj. - fulländad, fullbordad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
完成, 使达到极点, 圆满的, 完美的, 至上的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 完成, 使達到極點
adj. - 圓滿的, 完美的, 至上的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 완료하다, 신방에 들어 결혼을 완성하다
adj. - 완전한, 순전한, 유능한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 完成する
adj. - 完全な, 熟練した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أكمل, أنجز, دخل بزوجته (صفه) كامل, تام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הגשים, השלים‬
adj. - ‮מומחה, שלם, מושלם‬

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