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| 1. | [ verb ] (sexuality) of marriages | |
| Related terms: | carry_through love | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make perfect; bring to perfection | |
| Synonyms: | perfect | |
| Related terms: | carry_through consummation | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities | |
| Synonyms: | complete | |
| Examples: | "a complete gentleman" "consummate happiness" "a consummate performance" |
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| Related terms: | perfect | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | |
| Synonyms: | masterly virtuoso masterful | |
| Examples: | "a consummate artist" "consummate skill" "a masterful speaker" "masterful technique" "a masterly performance of the sonata" "a virtuoso performance" |
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| Related terms: | skilled | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | |
| Synonyms: | utter pure everlasting gross complete perfect sodding stark staring thoroughgoing double-dyed arrant | |
| Examples: | "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" |
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| Related terms: | unmitigated | |
| Similar spelling: |
consummated consummation consume consumable consumer consumed consonate consumptive consumerism consuming consumer_loan consomme consensus consensual |
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