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consummate
English
Etymology
From Latin c?nsumm?tus, past participle of c?nsumm?re (“to sum up, finish, complete”), from com- (“together”) + summa (“the sum”) (see sum, summation).
Pronunciation
- Adjective
- (UK) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?n'syo?om?t, k?ns?m'?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?m?t/, /?k?nsj?m?t/, /k?n?s?m?t/
- (US) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?ns?m'?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?m?t/, /k?n?s?m?t/
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: k?n's?m?t, k?n'syo?om?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?me?t/, /?k?nsj?me?t/
- (US) enPR: k?n's?m?t, IPA(key): /?k?ns?me?t/
Adjective
consummate (comparative more consummate, superlative most consummate)
- Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
- Synonyms: absolute, complete, perfect, sheer, total, utter; see also Thesaurus:total
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 5:
- A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.
- 1880, Georges Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, Chapter VII,
- […] Marmaduke, who had the consummate impudence to reply that […]
- 1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, "The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting",
- Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
- Highly skilled and experienced; fully qualified.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled
- 1910, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, Section IV (originally by Sun Tzu)
- The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […] ; thus it is in his power to control success.
Derived terms
- consummately
Translations
Verb
consummate (third-person singular simple present consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated)
- (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- Synonyms: complete, finish, round off; see also Thesaurus:end
- (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- Synonyms: complete, perfect, top off
- (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
- (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
- Synonyms: come to a head, mature, ripe
Derived terms
- consummation
- consummative
- consummator
- consummatory
Related terms
- consume
Translations
Further reading
- consummate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- consummate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Verb
c?nsumm?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsumm?
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splendid
English
Etymology
From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) +? -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?spl?nd?d/
- Rhymes: -?nd?d
Adjective
splendid (comparative splendider or more splendid, superlative splendidest or most splendid)
- Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
- Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.
- Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
Synonyms
- great
- magnificent
- marvellous
Derived terms
- splendidness
- splendid first strike
Related terms
- resplend
- resplendent
- splendor
Translations
Anagrams
- spindled
Romanian
Etymology
From French splendide, from Latin splendidus.
Adjective
splendid m or n (feminine singular splendid?, masculine plural splendizi, feminine and neuter plural splendide)
- splendid
Declension
splendid From the web:
- what splendid means
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- what splendid mean in arabic
- what splendida means
- what splendid little war
- what splendid day
- what splendid performance
- splendid meaning in urdu
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