Adjective: consummate kón-su-mut or kun'sú-mut [N. Amer], kón-s(y)û-mut or kun'sú-mut [Brit]
- Perfect in every respect; having all necessary qualities
"consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance";
- complete
- Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
"a consummate artist"; "consummate skill";
- masterful, masterly, virtuoso
- Total or absolute (intensifier, usually emphasizing negative qualities)
"a consummate fool";
- arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding [Brit, informal], stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous, total
- Make perfect; bring to perfection
"The artist consummated his masterpiece after years of work"
- Complete a marriage by having sexual intercourse
"consummate a marriage"
Derived forms: consummates, consummating, consummated
See also: perfect, skilled, unmitigated
Type of: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Consummate