consummate
verb (used with object)
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
consummated
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past participleof consummate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof consummate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
consummateverb (used with object)to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
Example Sentences
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The framework for a deal was consummated in a matter of days, Iger told interviewers last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
"This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all Nato Nations."
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
In an age when every middle-class household could afford a few hearth gods, the superior collector consummated his passion for beauty against the “prevailing winds of progress, fashion, democracy, money, and modernity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
If it’s consummated, the deal would reverse Boeing’s largest outsourcing move after nearly 20 years, allowing the aerospace giant to tighten oversight of its most important parts provider.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Alexander's hoped-for "marriage of Europe and Asia" was consummated at last in the field of religion itself.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
