different between precise vs consummate

English

Alternative forms

• præcise (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French précis, from Latin praecisus. Doublet of précis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s
• Hyphenation: pre?cise

Adjective

precise (comparative more precise, superlative most precise)

1. exact, accurate

   Antonyms: inexact, imprecise

2. (sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)

   Antonyms: inconsistent, varying

3. adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:meticulous

Derived terms

• precisely
• prissy

Translations

Verb

precise (third-person singular simple present precises, present participle precising, simple past and past participle precised)

1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English or European Union documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.

Derived terms

• precising definition

Translations

Anagrams

• piecers, pierces, recipes

Italian

Adjective

precise

1. feminine plural of preciso

Participle

precise f pl

1. feminine plural of preciso

Verb

precise

1. third-person singular past historic of precidere

Anagrams

• perisce

Portuguese

Verb

precise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of precisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of precisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of precisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of precisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /p?e??ise/, [p?e??i.se]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /p?e?sise/, [p?e?si.se]

Verb

precise

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of precisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of precisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of precisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of precisar.

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)

1. 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

2. 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)

1. (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

   Synonyms: complete, finish, round off; see also Thesaurus:end
2. (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.

   Synonyms: complete, perfect, top off

3. (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
4. (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

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsumm?