consummate

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: kŏn'səmət, kŏn'syo͝omət, kənsŭm'ĭt, IPA(key): /ˈkɒnsəmət/, /ˈkɒnsjʊmət/, /kənˈsʌmɪt/ (US) enPR: kŏn'səmət, kənsŭm'ĭt, IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsəmət/, /kənˈsʌmɪt/ ==== Adjective ==== consummate (comparative more consummate, superlative most consummate) Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute. Synonyms: absolute, complete, perfect, sheer, total, utter; see also Thesaurus:total Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled 1910, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section IV (originally by Sun Tzu) The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […] ; thus it is in his power to control success. (obsolete, as a participle) Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished. (of a marriage) Consummated. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: kŏn'səmāt, kŏn'syo͝omāt, IPA(key): /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/, /ˈkɒnsjʊmeɪt/ (US) enPR: kŏn'səmāt, IPA(key): /ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/ ==== Verb ==== consummate (third-person singular simple present consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated) (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish. Synonyms: complete, finish, round off; see also Thesaurus:end (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch. Synonyms: complete, perfect, top off (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse. (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch. Synonyms: come to a head, mature, ripe ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === === Further reading === “consummate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “consummate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “consummate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “consummate”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “consummate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “consummate”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 “consummate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Verb === cōnsummāte second-person plural present active imperative of cōnsummō