consummation

[kon-suh-mey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of consummating; completion.

2. the state of being consummated; perfection; fulfillment.

Other Word Forms

• nonconsummation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of consummation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English consummacioun, from Middle French, from Latin consummātiōn-, stem of consummātiō; equivalent to consummate + -ion

Example Sentences

Strangely, it tells the history of the earth in reverse, beginning in the present, so humanity isn’t the consummation of evolution, but instead casts its shadow backward.

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If you can think of another government service that can perform its task in two weeks from application to consummation, let me know.

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Or any of the intimate details of the consummation of his lurid act.

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More than half of states still have marriage consummation laws that require sex to in some way prove the authenticity of a partnership.

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This spring saw the consummation of both, with the book out from the University of Chicago Press in April, and the album out on June 2 on the Pentatone label.

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