Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

    vollenden, fertigstellen, vollbringen

    зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ, зако́нчитьzakónčitʹ, заверша́тьzaveršátʹ

  2. (transitive)To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.

    make perfect; bring to perfection

  3. (transitive)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.

    vollziehen

  4. (intransitive)To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. He is a consummate professional in his field.

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  2. Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on earth.

  3. After consummating their union, she no longer dared to meet his gaze.

  4. He's a consummate liar.

  5. Tom is a consummate professional.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to bring something to completion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to bring something to completion:

Origin

First attested in c. 1525; either inherited from Middle English *consummaten (only atteste

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.

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Forms

consummates, consummating, consummated, consummated
Base formconsummate · to consummate
3rd person singularconsummates
Present participleconsummating
Past simpleconsummated
Past participleconsummated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconsummate
he, she, itconsummates

Past simpleLesson

all personsconsummated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave consummated
he, she, ithas consummated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill consummate

Synonyms

21 synonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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