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completed

completed

8.5
A marriage that becomes fully established when the couple have sex for the first time after the wedding
  • adjective
  • /kəmˈpliːtɪd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : consumado
  • The priest explained that a marriage is considered completed when the couple has their first sexual intercourse after the vows.

Examples

  • After their wedding ceremony, they understood that their marriage was not fully completed until they shared that special night together.

  • The couple celebrated their wedding night, knowing their marriage was finally completed after their first intimate moment.

  • Do pitch ideas first or only completed scripts when you have a first look deal?

  • Do pitch ideas first or only completed scripts when you have a first look deal?

Synonyms

consummated
vscompleted
  • Formal
6.8

Fully finished, often in a formal or legal way

is the marriage state made valid by first sexual intercourse after the ceremony

Antonyms

1 9.5

Not completed by having sex, often said about a marriage

Surface Forms

completed positive

Morphology

completed = complete (semi-transparent) = complete + ed

Morphologically regular (complete + -ed), but the specific legal/sexual sense 'consummated' is specialized and may not be obvious to an average learner.

Etymology

Completed comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and plēre 'to fill', so to complete something is to make it whole. A completed marriage was once understood as made 'whole' by the couple's first night together.