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con·sum·mate

(kŏn′sə-māt′)

tr.v. con·sum·mat·ed, con·sum·mat·ing, con·sum·mates

a. To bring to completion or fruition; conclude: consummate a business transaction.

b. To realize or achieve; fulfill: a dream that was finally consummated with the publication of her first book.

a. To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.

b. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse.

adj. (kən-sŭm′ĭt, kŏn′sə-mət)

1. Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness. See Synonyms at perfect.

2. Supremely accomplished or skilled: "Sargent was now a consummate master of brushwork" (Roberta Smith).

3. Complete; utter: a consummate bore.

[Middle English consummaten, from Latin cōnsummāre, cōnsummāt- : com-, com- + summa, sum; see sum.]

con·sum′mate·ly (kən-sŭm′ĭt-lē) adv.

con′sum·ma′tive, con·sum′ma·to′ry (-sŭm′ə-tôr′ē) adj.

con′sum·ma′tor n.

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consummate

vb (tr)

1. to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil

2. (Law) to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse

adj

3. accomplished or supremely skilled: a consummate artist.

4. (prenominal) (intensifier): a consummate fool.

[C15: from Latin consummāre to complete, from summus highest, utmost]

conˈsummately adv

ˌconsumˈmation n

ˈconsumˌmative, consummatory adj

ˈconsumˌmator n

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con•sum•mate

(v. ˈkɒn səˌmeɪt; adj. kənˈsʌm ɪt, ˈkɒn sə mɪt)

v. -mat•ed, -mat•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.

2. to bring to a state of completion, as an arrangement or agreement.

3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.

adj.

4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.

5. of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

[1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummātus, past participle of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection]

con•sum′mate•ly, adv.

con′sum•ma`tive, con•sum•ma•to•ry (kənˈsʌm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

con′sum•ma`tor, n.

consummate

Past participle: consummated
Gerund: consummating

Imperative
consummate
consummate

Present
I consummate
you consummate
he/she/it consummates
we consummate
you consummate
they consummate

Preterite
I consummated
you consummated
he/she/it consummated
we consummated
you consummated
they consummated

Present Continuous
I am consummating
you are consummating
he/she/it is consummating
we are consummating
you are consummating
they are consummating

Present Perfect
I have consummated
you have consummated
he/she/it has consummated
we have consummated
you have consummated
they have consummated

Past Continuous
I was consummating
you were consummating
he/she/it was consummating
we were consummating
you were consummating
they were consummating

Past Perfect
I had consummated
you had consummated
he/she/it had consummated
we had consummated
you had consummated
they had consummated

Future
I will consummate
you will consummate
he/she/it will consummate
we will consummate
you will consummate
they will consummate

Future Perfect
I will have consummated
you will have consummated
he/she/it will have consummated
we will have consummated
you will have consummated
they will have consummated

Future Continuous
I will be consummating
you will be consummating
he/she/it will be consummating
we will be consummating
you will be consummating
they will be consummating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been consummating
you have been consummating
he/she/it has been consummating
we have been consummating
you have been consummating
they have been consummating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been consummating
you will have been consummating
he/she/it will have been consummating
we will have been consummating
you will have been consummating
they will have been consummating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been consummating
you had been consummating
he/she/it had been consummating
we had been consummating
you had been consummating
they had been consummating

Conditional
I would consummate
you would consummate
he/she/it would consummate
we would consummate
you would consummate
they would consummate

Past Conditional
I would have consummated
you would have consummated
he/she/it would have consummated
we would have consummated
you would have consummated
they would have consummated

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Verb	1.	consummate - fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute - put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
	2.	consummate - make perfect; bring to perfection accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute - put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
Adj.	1.	consummate - having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" masterful, masterly, virtuoso skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"
	2.	consummate - perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" complete perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
	3.	consummate - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, complete, stark, gross unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

consummate

adjective

1. skilled, perfect, supreme, polished, superb, practised, accomplished, tasty (Brit. informal), matchless He acted the part with consummate skill.

2. complete, total, supreme, extreme, ultimate, absolute, utter, conspicuous, unqualified, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) He was a consummate liar and exaggerator.

verb

1. complete, finish, achieve, conclude, perform, perfect, carry out, crown, fulfil, end, accomplish, effectuate, put the tin lid on No one has yet been able to consummate a deal.
complete start, begin, initiate, conceive, originate, commence, get under way, inaugurate

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consummate

verb

To bring or come to a natural or proper end:

close, complete, conclude, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up.

adjective

1. Supremely excellent in quality or nature:

absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, perfect, unflawed.

2. Completely such, without qualification or exception:

absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.

Informal: flat-out, positive.

Chiefly British: blooming.

Translations

تام، كامِليُكْمِل، يُتِم، يُنْجِز

dokončitdovršitperfektníprovedenýúplný

fuldbyrdetfuldendeperfekt

vollenden vollendet

consumado consumar completar

äärimmäinenastiloppupäätöstäydellinen

consommer consommé remplir accompli compléter

teljestökéletes

fullkominnuppfylla

completo consumare il matrimonio consumato completamento completare

完全な完璧な

išbaigtasištobulintitobulastobulybė

izkoptsperfektspilnīgspilnveidot

consumeren volbrengen voltooien

fullende fullendt

завершать завершить заканчивать закончить

mükemmel tamamtamamlamak

完全的完成无缺的

consummate

A. [kənˈsʌmɪt] ADJ → consumado; [skill] → sumo

B. [ˈkɒnsʌmeɪt] VT → consumar

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consummate

[ˈkɒnsəmeɪt]

[+ marriage] → consommer

[+ achievement, deal] → accomplir

adj [ˈkɒnsʌmət]

(= supreme) [skill, ease] → parfait(e)

(= skilled) [professional, politician] → accompli(e), consommé(e); [artist, actor] → accompli(e), consommé(e)

consummate

adj skill, folly → vollendet, vollkommen; politician → unübertrefflich; with consummate ease → mit spielender Leichtigkeit

vt marriage → vollziehen

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consummate

[adj kənˈsʌmɪt; vb ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt]

1. adj → consumato/a, abile
with consummate ease → con estrema facilità

2. vt (marriage) → consumare

consummate

(ˈkonsəmeit) verb

to complete or fulfil.

(-mət) adjective

complete; perfect.

ˌconsumˈmation noun

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The consummating death I show unto you, which becometh a stimulus and promise to the living.

His death, dieth the consummating one triumphantly, surrounded by hoping and promising ones.

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Therefore such as these have great difficulties in consummating their enterprise, for all their dangers are in the ascent, yet with ability they will overcome them; but when these are overcome, and those who envied them their success are exterminated, they will begin to be respected, and they will continue afterwards powerful, secure, honoured, and happy.

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Going into the Market Place he accosted in a feigned voice a maiden, the orphan daughter of a noble Polygon, whose affection in former days he had sought in vain; and by a series of deceptions -- aided, on the one side, by a string of lucky accidents too long to relate, and on the other, by an almost inconceivable fatuity and neglect of ordinary precautions on the part of the relations of the bride -- he succeeded in consummating the marriage.

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He knew, too, that they seldom lost much time before consummating the fiendish purpose of their captures.

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Subsequent to signing the LOI, IZEA and the Influencer Marketing Company determined that shareholders of both companies would be best served by consummating the transaction through a merger agreement.

Izea announces LOI for proposed purchase of Influencer Marketing Company

Elaborating, he said in Islam, if a man divorces his wife before consummating the marriage, he cannot take her back.

Pair's marriage found illegal after two years

Moore, principal and Michael Bartolacci, vice president of The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International, were responsible for consummating the transaction.

Garibaldi adds two properties to portfolio

Because the cost of consummating the transaction would be significantly affected if the CBBI rights plan is triggered, the Board's approval is limited to consummation of the proposal without applying the CBBI rights plan.

Orders issued under Bank Holding Company Act

Despite the conceptual appeal of consummating a merger as a strategy for effecting enhanced market share, lower cost, and improved quality of care, and even with the increasing frequency of integrating health resources over the past decade, only a few studies have been published in the United States and Canada examining how a merger actually affects hospital performance (4-12) The primary purpose of this article is to summarize the available studies that explore empirically the impact of hospital mergers.