consolidate
/kənˈsɑ.lə.deɪt/verb4 syllables
Consolidate means: unite into one.
What does consolidate mean?5
verb
1
unite into one“The companies consolidated”
2
make firm or secure; strengthen“consolidate one's gains”
3
bring together into a single whole or system“The town and county schools are being consolidated”
4
form into a solid mass or whole“The mud had consolidated overnight”
5
make or form into a solid or hardened mass“consolidate fibers into boards”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Consolidate in a sentence
- Let's consolidate our research and present our results at the meeting tomorrow.Eccles17
- We need to consolidate the access control code.Eccles17
- The measures are part of efforts to consolidate its increasingly authoritarian grip.Cangarejo
- They continued to consolidate their leadership position in that space.Cangarejo
- I took out a loan to consolidate my credit card debt.Cangarejo
- Dreaming helps to consolidate the knowledge acquired during the day.Miktsoanit
- Dreams help to consolidate knowledge gained during the day.rul
- Algeria needs to consolidate its democracy.Amastan
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Forms of consolidate
as a verb
- past tense
- consolidated
- present participle
- consolidating
- third-person singular
- consolidates
- past participle
- consolidated