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Consummate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Consummate has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

fulfill sexually

"consummate a marriage"

2

make perfect; bring to perfection

3

To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

Adjective
1

having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

"a consummate artist"

"consummate skill"

"a masterful speaker"

"masterful technique"

"a masterly performance of the sonata"

"a virtuoso performance"

2

perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

"a complete gentleman"

"consummate happiness"

"a consummate performance"

3

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

"an arrant fool"

"a complete coward"

"a consummate fool"

"a double-dyed villain"

"gross negligence"

"a perfect idiot"

"pure folly"

"what a sodding mess"

"stark staring mad"

"a thorough nuisance"

"a thoroughgoing villain"

"utter nonsense"

"the unadulterated truth"

4

Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

Example Sentences
"consummate a marriage" verb
"a consummate artist" adjective
"consummate skill" adjective
"a masterful speaker" adjective
"masterful technique" adjective
"a masterly performance of the sonata" adjective
"a virtuoso performance" adjective
"a complete gentleman" adjective
"consummate happiness" adjective
"a consummate performance" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
carry through
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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