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Definition of consummate 1 adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

consummate1

adjective
 
/kənˈsʌmət/,
 
/ˈkɒnsəmət/
 
/ˈkɑːnsəmət/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. showing great skill; perfect
    • She was a consummate performer.
    • He played the shot with consummate skill.
    • (disapproving) a consummate liar
    Extra Examples
    • She played with consummate skill.
    • The man was a consummate liar.
    • a consummate actor/​politician
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConsummate is used with these nouns:
    • actor, actress
    • diplomat
    • ease
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘completed, accomplished’): from Latin consummat- ‘brought to completion’, from the verb consummare, from con- ‘altogether’ + summa ‘sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest, supreme’.
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