adjective / verb
consummate
KON-suh-mut/ˈkɑːnsəmət/
To bring to full completion or perfection.
The violinist shows consummate skill through precise bowing and confident fingering.
Etymology
Bringing things together into a summa, or total, gives the image of completing the whole. From “complete” or “perfected,” consummate came to describe someone whose accomplishment reaches the highest degree.
In context
Vulcan with his consummate skill had made for father Jove
More examples
- She is a consummate professional, even under pressure.
- He handles the delicate negotiations with consummate skill.
- The couple consummated their marriage on their wedding night.
Forms
consummate · consummates · consummated · consummating
consummation noun — The act of bringing something to completion.
consummately adverb — With complete skill or perfection.
Similar words
- finalize
- Emphasizes settling remaining details rather than achieving perfection.
- complete
- The everyday choice for finishing something, without formal emphasis.
- accomplished
- Describes developed skill without necessarily suggesting complete mastery.