consummate
pronunciation
How to pronounce consummate in British English:
UK [ˈkɒnsəmeɪt]
How to pronounce consummate in American English:
US [ˈkɑnsəmeɪt]
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- Verb:
- of marriages
- make perfect; bring to perfection
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- Adjective:
- having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Word Origin
- consummate
- consummate: see sum
- consummate (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin consummatus "perfected, complete," past participle of consummare "sum up, complete" (see consummation). Of persons, "accomplished, very qualified," from 1640s. Related: Consummately.
- consummate (v.)
- 1520s, "to bring to completion," from Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare "to sum up, make up, complete, finish" (see consummation). Meaning "to bring a marriage to completion" (by sexual intercourse) is from 1530s. Related: Consummated; consummating.
Example
- 1. Mr nixon and mr kissinger did seize diplomatic opportunities with consummate skill .
- 2. Both companies are explicit about wanting to consummate a full merger eventually .
- 3. " We will have to wait and see until we actually are able to get approval and consummate our partnership with yahoo , " said ballmer .
- 4. The good news is , this is nothing but a mock ceremony and the couple don 't have to consummate the wedding .
- 5. It had been thought he might consummate his departure from the governing majority by announcing a new party , openly hostile to the prime minister , silvio berlusconi .