consummate: meaning and definitions

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What is consummate?

What is consummate?

  • To bring to completion or fruition; conclude: consummate a business transaction. To realize or achieve; fulfill: a dream that was finally consummated with the publication of her first book.
  • To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse.
  • Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness. See Synonyms at perfect.
  • Supremely accomplished or skilled:"Sargent was now a consummate master of brushwork"(Roberta Smith).
  • Complete; utter: a consummate bore.

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