transitive verb (past and past participlecon·sum·mat·ed, present participlecon·sum·mat·ing, 3rd person present singularcon·sum·mates)
Definition:
1. complete marriage: to make a marriage legally complete and fully valid by having sexual intercourse
2. fulfill relationship through sex: to bring a relationship to completion, or gratify a desire, especially by having sexual intercourse
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often passive
)
3. conclude something: to bring something such as a business deal to a conclusion
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formal
)
Leaving her business partner to consummate the deal, she boarded a flight for New York.
4. achieve something: to achieve or fulfill something, especially something long sought
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formal
)
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often passive
)
Twelve years of effort and struggle were consummated when the foundation stone for the new theater was laid.
adjective
Definition:
1. supreme or perfect: excellent, skillful, or accomplished with consummate ease
2. utter or total: possessing or showing a bad quality to an extreme degree consummate arrogance
[15th century. < Latin consummat-, past participle of consummare "accomplish" < summa "the highest thing"]
