Dictionary Entry
consummate
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/kən-suh-mate/Word FrequencyCommon (4.2)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
In a Sentence
“She worked hard to consummate the deal before the deadline.”
Published Usage Examples
“He was known as a consummate and extraordinarily discreet bureaucrat, but before the Bay of Pigs fiasco he had done little for the new administration and had no real sense of what his fate would be in the new regime.”
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Origin
From Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare ‘to finish’, from con‑‘together’ + sumere ‘to take’.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “consummate”
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