consummate

🇺🇸 /ˈkɑːnsəmət/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈsʌmət/
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adjective
R

extremely skilled or expert

She was a consummate performer.

verb
R

to complete a marriage or relationship by having sex

The marriage lasted only a week and was never consummated.

R

to complete or perfect something

The artist took years to consummate his masterpiece.

translation

adj. extremely skilled or expert
v. to complete a marriage or relationship by having sex; to complete or perfect something

Word Forms

3rd Present consummates
Past consummated
Perfect consummated
Progressive consummating