What is the meaning of consummate?

verb

  • Fulfill sexually.
    • usage: "consummate a marriage"
  • Make perfect; bring to perfection.

adjective

  • Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
    • usage: "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"
  • Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities.
    • usage: "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
  • Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
    • usage: "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"
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