完成した
解説 Definition
consummated は consummate（完成させる、成就させる）の過去形・過去分詞です。契約や計画、合意などが正式に完了したことを表す、やや硬い語です。
Brought formally or fully to completion, especially after negotiations, approval, or a final legal step. It is the past-tense and past-participle form of consummate and is commonly used of deals, agreements, mergers, and other formal arrangements.
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consummated は consummate「完成させる、正式に成就させる」の過去形・過去分詞です。語末 e を残して d を加え、動詞では原形 /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/、consummated /ˈkɒnsəmeɪtɪd/ のように発音します。consummated a deal や was consummated の形で、交渉中だった契約・合併・合意が最終署名や承認によって正式完了する場面を覚えましょう。
Link consummated with the idea of reaching the final total. The verb consummate means to bring something fully or formally to completion, and consummated is its regular past form: final e plus d. In the verb, the last syllable of consummate is pronounced like “mate”; consummated adds an /ɪd/ ending. Picture months of negotiation ending with approval or a final signature: the deal was consummated. This formal word is stronger than simply finished because it often implies that every required step has been completed and the arrangement has become effective.
例文
The agreement was consummated after months of negotiation.
その合意は数か月の交渉を経て正式に成立しました。
The merger was consummated once both boards approved it.
両社の取締役会が承認すると、その合併は完了しました。
The deal was consummated with the final signature.
最後の署名によって、その取引は完了しました。
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consummated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
consummated はラテン語 consummare「完全に仕上げる」にさかのぼり、com-「完全に・共に」+ summa「総計・頂点」から成ります。もとは「総計まで持っていく」感覚で「完成した」となり、sum や summary と同じ語根です。
Consummated is the past-tense and past-participle form of consummate. The verb comes from Latin consummāre, “to complete or sum up,” formed from con-, an intensive prefix, and summa, “sum” or “highest point.” Sum and summary share the same Latin base. The underlying image is of bringing everything together to its full total, which explains the formal English sense of completing an agreement, transaction, or plan.
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