1. Complete an arrangement or undertaking, bringing it to its intended result.
2. Make a marriage complete through sexual intercourse.
3. Showing exceptional skill or completeness.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- consummate an agreement
- consummate a transaction
On the page
The parties consummated the transaction after regulatory approval.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- consummate
- Past tense
- consummated
- Past participle
- consummated
- Present participle
- consummating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- consummate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are consummating
- Present perfect
- have/has consummated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been consummating
- Past
- consummated
- Past continuous
- was/were consummating
- Past perfect
- had consummated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been consummating
- Future
- will consummate
- Future continuous
- will be consummating
- Future perfect
- will have consummated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been consummating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: consummate; consummates; consummated; consummated; consummating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: consummates.
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