Consummation definition

kŏnsə-māshən
An ultimate goal or end.
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A consummating or being consummated; completion; fulfillment.
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An end; conclusion; outcome.
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The definition of consummation is the act of fulfilling or ending something.

An example of consummation is the final signing of an agreement.

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The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.
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The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
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The achievement of perfection.
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Termination; the end (as of the world or of life).
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The act of consummating; a fulfillment.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
consummation
Plural:
consummations

Consummation Sentence Examples

  • The fall of Jajce was the consummation of theTurkish conquest.

  • To this consummation, with its necessary accompaniment in the extinction of prophecy, the book of Haggai already points.

  • A certain Persian king was accustomed to kill his wives on the morning after the consummation of the marriage.

  • Many of the ideas set forth in earlier chapters here coalesce and find their consummation.

  • It was a consummation too ideal for that early date; and next year the regent, whose daughter was now queen of France and there mixed up with the persecuting policy of the Guises, forbade the reformed preaching in Scotland.

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