consolidate
pronunciation
How to pronounce consolidate in British English:
UK [kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt]
How to pronounce consolidate in American English:
US [kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪt]
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- Verb:
- unite into one
- make firm or secure; strengthen
- bring together into a single whole or system
- form into a solid mass or whole
- make or form into a solid or hardened mass
Word Origin
- consolidate (v.)
- 1510s, "to compact into one body," from Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare "to make solid," from com- "together" (see com-) + solidare "to make solid" (see solid). Meaning "to make firm or strong" is from mid-16c. Related: Consolidated; consolidating.
Synonym
Example
- 1. He wanted to consolidate what his technocratic government had done .
- 2. Public universities , with more centralised leadership , find it easier to consolidate .
- 3. China needs democracy to consolidate its environmental gains .
- 4. The effort will consolidate announcements and information currently found on multiple nasa web sites .
- 5. Where deficits and interest rates are too high , governments have no choice but to consolidate .