Tuesday word: Consummate
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2020
Consummate (verb, adjective)
con·sum·mate [v. kon-suh-meyt; adj. kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit]
verb (used with object)
1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.
adjective
4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
5. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.
OTHER WORDS FROM CONSUMMATE
con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
con·sum·ma·tive, con·sum·ma·to·ry [kuhn-suhm-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
con·sum·ma·tor, noun
half-con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
un·con·sum·mate, adjective
un·con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
un·con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
un·con·sum·ma·tive, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO CONSUMMATE
superlative, gifted, polished, talented, skilled, superb, accomplished, terminate, perfect, practiced, complete, finished, trained, utter, total, perfected, accomplish, end, effectuate, conclude
Synonyms
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1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.
Antonyms
4. imperfect, unfinished.
Origin: 1400-50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummatus (past participle of consummare to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ ( a ) sum + -atus -ate
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR CONSUMMATE
If it sounds as though Scott is a consummate politician, skilled at avoiding controversy, think again.
DEMOCRATIC AFRICA GETS ITS FIRST WHITE LEADER|NICO HINES|OCTOBER 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Biden, Klain is a consummate fixer, with Georgetown and Harvard Law School degrees thrown in for good measure.
WHERE THERE’S TROUBLE, YOU’LL USUALLY FIND JOE BIDEN|LLOYD GREEN|OCTOBER 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
David, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.
VICTORIA AND DAVID BECKHAM CELEBRATE THEIR 15TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY|ERIN CUNNINGHAM|JULY 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First-time candidate and full-time economics professor Dave Brat decisively defeated the consummate pol by a 55 to 45 margin.
TEA PARTY CANNIBALIZES CANTOR|JOHN AVLON|JUNE 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The monarch, the consummate PR, the head of the nation, had been supremely outplayed on her home territory.
IF KATE MIDDLETON’S BUTT COULD SPEAK: IT’S TIME ROYAL PRINCESSES LED VISIBLE, VOLUBLE PUBLIC LIVES|TIM TEEMAN|JUNE 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So far can a fine fastidiousness, allied to a sentiment of compassion, go towards making a man a consummate hypocrite.
MERCY PHILBRICK'S CHOICE|HELEN HUNT JACKSON
She reproached herself for imagining it was possible to consummate a revenge on man by such means.
CARNIVAL|COMPTON MACKENZIE
The notion that the Book of Daniel could only have been written by a statesman or a consummate politician is mere fancy.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF DANIEL|F. W. FARRAR
With consummate indolence, he turned to Mortimer, inquiring: 'And who may this other person be?'
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND|CHARLES DICKENS
Where else should we look for the brilliant lucidity and consummate point which Voltaire has given us?
LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE|G. LYTTON STRACHEY
Consummate (verb, adjective)
con·sum·mate [v. kon-suh-meyt; adj. kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit]
verb (used with object)
1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.
adjective
4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
5. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.
OTHER WORDS FROM CONSUMMATE
con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
con·sum·ma·tive, con·sum·ma·to·ry [kuhn-suhm-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
con·sum·ma·tor, noun
half-con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
un·con·sum·mate, adjective
un·con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
un·con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
un·con·sum·ma·tive, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO CONSUMMATE
superlative, gifted, polished, talented, skilled, superb, accomplished, terminate, perfect, practiced, complete, finished, trained, utter, total, perfected, accomplish, end, effectuate, conclude
Synonyms
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1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.
Antonyms
4. imperfect, unfinished.
Origin: 1400-50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummatus (past participle of consummare to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ ( a ) sum + -atus -ate
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR CONSUMMATE
If it sounds as though Scott is a consummate politician, skilled at avoiding controversy, think again.
DEMOCRATIC AFRICA GETS ITS FIRST WHITE LEADER|NICO HINES|OCTOBER 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Biden, Klain is a consummate fixer, with Georgetown and Harvard Law School degrees thrown in for good measure.
WHERE THERE’S TROUBLE, YOU’LL USUALLY FIND JOE BIDEN|LLOYD GREEN|OCTOBER 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
David, the consummate suitor, naturally pulled out all the stops to woo his lady love.
VICTORIA AND DAVID BECKHAM CELEBRATE THEIR 15TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY|ERIN CUNNINGHAM|JULY 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First-time candidate and full-time economics professor Dave Brat decisively defeated the consummate pol by a 55 to 45 margin.
TEA PARTY CANNIBALIZES CANTOR|JOHN AVLON|JUNE 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The monarch, the consummate PR, the head of the nation, had been supremely outplayed on her home territory.
IF KATE MIDDLETON’S BUTT COULD SPEAK: IT’S TIME ROYAL PRINCESSES LED VISIBLE, VOLUBLE PUBLIC LIVES|TIM TEEMAN|JUNE 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So far can a fine fastidiousness, allied to a sentiment of compassion, go towards making a man a consummate hypocrite.
MERCY PHILBRICK'S CHOICE|HELEN HUNT JACKSON
She reproached herself for imagining it was possible to consummate a revenge on man by such means.
CARNIVAL|COMPTON MACKENZIE
The notion that the Book of Daniel could only have been written by a statesman or a consummate politician is mere fancy.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE BOOK OF DANIEL|F. W. FARRAR
With consummate indolence, he turned to Mortimer, inquiring: 'And who may this other person be?'
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND|CHARLES DICKENS
Where else should we look for the brilliant lucidity and consummate point which Voltaire has given us?
LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE|G. LYTTON STRACHEY