He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily).consummatecon‧sum‧mate1 /kənˈsʌmət, ˈkɒnsəmət $ ˈkɑːnsəmət/ adjective [only before noun] formal 
a great performance from a consummate actor He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.2used to emphasize how bad someone or something is: his consummate lack of tact The man’s a consummate liar.—consummately adverb
WORD ORIGINconsummate1
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin past participle of consummare ‘to sum up, finish’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + summa ‘sum’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Johnson was a consummate team player.
- Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is one of the consummate masterpieces of German opera.
- But the firm is more than just a money-maker; it is the consummate all-rounder.
- Dealing with your children's friends who pop round in the evening calls for consummate diplomacy and the setting of time limits.
- He had done it with consummate aplomb.
- Her control of the stage is consummate, impossible to ignore and intimidating in the extreme.
- In the Senate, he has been a bit more tactful but is still a consummate partisan.
- Le Pen, a consummate political campaigner, cannily combined the two issues.
- Rick Williams is the consummate weekend warrior.
- Television, in this sense, is the consummate egalitarian medium of communication, surpassing oral language itself.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1showing a lot of skill: He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill. formal (=in a way that shows great skill and so makes something difficult look very easy)· It was a beautiful goal, scored with consummate ease.
formal (=make your marriage complete by having sex)· She claimed that he abused her and never consummated the marriage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· They led a well-orchestrated attack and found their target with consummate ease.· Illustrations produced by any package can be transferred with consummate ease to another.· The mind does extraordinary things exaggerating or minimising with consummate ease.· Levinson demonstrates consummate ease with this material.
· De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.· With single-minded purpose and consummate skill, Morel set about organizing a movement.· This was done with consummate skill and professionalism.· It was a gap he was to fill with consummate skill.
a great performance from a consummate actor He won the race with consummate ease (=very easily). De Gaulle conducted his strategy with consummate skill.2used to emphasize how bad someone or something is: his consummate lack of tact The man’s a consummate liar.—consummately adverb