CONSOLIDATE


Meaning of CONSOLIDATE in English

I. kənˈsäləˌdāt, usu -ad.+V verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare to make firm, from com- + solidare to make firm, from solidus solid — more at safe

transitive verb

1.

a. : to join together (as two or more items into one unit, or whole) : unite

consolidate various ideas

consolidate several colleges into a university

b. law

(1) : to cause to become united and extinguished in a superior right or estate by both becoming vested in the same person

(2) : to join in or cause to proceed as a single action — used of causes of action or of actions started separately

2.

a. : to make firm or secure : strengthen , confirm

consolidate their hold on first place

consolidate the economic power of an empire with great merchant fleets

specifically : to organize and strengthen by military means (as a position or ground recently captured)

b. : to make stronger or more secure

condemnation of Italy … consolidated Italian-American support for Il Duce — Oscar Handlin

consolidate his reputation

: make more tangible or effective

five years … have only consolidated the paradoxes — James Cameron

3. : to make or form into a solid or hardened mass

the press consolidates fibers into board under pressures which vary from 300 to 1000 pounds a square inch — Monsanto Magazine

intransitive verb

1. : to become firm or hard (as by solidifying, freezing, uniting, adhering) : grow solid

the mud of the roads consolidated in the freezing night

2. : to unite or grow into a coherent whole

his ideas consolidated into a plan

specifically : to undergo merger (as for mutual advantage)

Synonyms: see unify

II. -ˌdāt, -_də̇t adjective

Etymology: Latin consolidatus

: made solid, firm, or coherent : consolidated

one of Montague's earliest consolidate memories — Peggy Bennett

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.