Consolidate

Definition: Consolidate

Consolidate

Verb

1. Unite into one; "The companies consolidated".

2. Make firm or secure; strengthen: "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place".

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".

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Date "consolidate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Finance

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Coherence

Glue; agglutinate, conglutinate; cement, lute, paste, gum; solder, weld; cake, consolidate; (solidify); agglomerate. Adjective: cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering; Verb: tenacious, tough; sticky.

Combination

Verb: combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.

Density

Verb: be dense. Adjective: become solid, render solid. Adjective: solidify, solidate; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify. (harden).

Crosswords: Consolidate

Books

• FAA's efforts to close and consolidate flight service stations and to consider H.R. 1454, which would prohibit the FAA from closing certain flight service stations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infras (reference)

• The Job Corps program : hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on examining proposals to reform and consolidate federal job training progrrams [sic], October 4, 1994 (reference)

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Dead Japanese soldiers strewn over a beach on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, while U.S. Marines get the lay of the land and consolidate their positions. Credit: Library of Congress.

Morris Fork School, built since Mrs. Marie R. Turner has been county superintendent. She is trying to consolidate all the schools and build them of stone since so many of the mountain schools have been burned down several times. She has been encouraging a. Credit: Library of Congress.

Big Rock School, built since Mrs. Marie R. Turner has been county superintendent. She is trying to consolidate all the schools and build them of stone since so many of the mountain schools have been burned down several times. She has been encouraging an a. Credit: Library of Congress.

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4, was sketching the plan of his cabal to consolidate the monarchy.

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Business

The market will consolidate, rather than outsource to a number of suppliers. (references)

It is expected that the ISP market will grow in terms of users but will consolidate in terms of ISPs providers. (references)

These new developments further consolidate the leading role of the Greater Buenos Aires area in the watersports market. (references)

Children

Jordan

In March 2000, Queen Rania established the National Team for Family Protection (NTFP) to consolidate all issues concerning family safety. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Most of those returning from Europe were unable to return to their prewar homes in the RS. Much of Croat-controlled Herzegovina and towns in eastern RS remained resistant to minority returns, although efforts by hard-line Croats to resettle returning refugees and consolidate the results of ethnic cleansings have ceased for the most part. (references)

Economic History

Malaysia

The 600 existing private colleges, which are owned by 150 organizations, are encouraged to consolidate to 150 colleges. (references)

Human Rights

Portugal

In an attempt to respond to negative reports on the treatment of detainees and to consolidate alleged improvements in the system, legislation entitled "Regulations on the Material Conditions of Detention in Police Establishments" was adopted in 1999. The law provides detailed guidelines covering all aspects of arrest and custody. (references)

Political Economy

EL SALVADOR

The Finance Minister has announced plans to consolidate and refinance outstanding government debt. (references)

South Africa

The country continued to consolidate the democratic transformation initiated by the 1994 elections. (references)

Trade

Latvia

The increasing competition on the domestic market has provided a powerful incentive for the banking sector to consolidate; and the uncertain future has forced Latvian banks to look for experienced western business partners, particularly Nordic banks. (references)

Peru

Collections have more than tripled since 1991, despite dramatically lower tariff rates, and Customs officials claim contraband has been reduced by 65% to U.S. $350 million, from more than U.S. $1 billion in 1990. A Customs Law was promulgated in April 1996 to consolidate these reforms. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "consolidate": consolidate bulletin. Additional references.

Containing "consolidate": seize-hold-consolidate-develop.

Albanian

shkrij (defreeze, disband, fuse, fuze, liquate, melt, melt down, merge, smelt, thaw, thaw out, unite), konsolidoj (strengthen), konsolidohem, fuqizoj (fortify, potentiate, reinforce, soup), forcoj (back, bake, brace and bit, cement, cultivate, harden, increase the strength, invigorate, potentiate, redouble, reinforce, strengthen, stretch, tighten, toughen), bashkoj (add together, ally, amalgamate, band together, close up, combine, compound, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fuse, fuze, glue, hook up, inosculate, integrate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, piece, piece together, pool, solder, splice, unify, unite, weld). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, cogent, confirm, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, sustain, tighten), ‏وحد (combine, confederate, conjugate, graft, integrate, knit, marry, pool, unify, unite), ‏تماسك (cement, cling, coherence, cohesion, consistence, pastiness, solidarity, solidify, squash, steady, tenacity, unity), ‏عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, sustain, underpin), ‏صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), ‏إندمج (amalgamate, coalesce, incorporate, integrate, merge, mesh, slot), ‏دمج (amalgamate, amalgamation, blend, combination, combine, conjunction, dovetailing, embody, fuse, fuze, incorporation, integrate, integration, interlace, merge), ‏دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding). (various references)

Bulgarian 

укрепвам (build up, confirm, embattle, invigorate), консолидирам, затвърдявам (cement, establish, fortify, harden, knock home). (various references)

Chinese 

鞏固 , �' (end, strong), 整� " (rectify, reorganize), 巩固 (Consolidated, Consolidating, secured, Securing). (various references)

Czech

ustálit (solidify, stabilize, steady), upevnit (anchor, confine, fasten, fix, forge, infix, make up, moor, picket, plant, plant in, rivet, secure, ship, solidify, Spike, steady, strengthen), konsolidovat. (various references)

Dutch

verstevigen (affix, fasten, fix, secure). (various references)

Farsi 

یکی کردن (Identify, Incorporate, Integrate, Merge, Unify, Unite), یک رقم کردن , محکم کردن (Clinch, Fix, Gird, Reinforce, Rivet, Spoke, Stake, Tighten). (various references)

Finnish

vakauttaa (stabilize). (various references)

French

consolider. (various references)

German

konsolidieren (fund). (various references)

Greek 

εμπεδώνω (stabilise, strengthen). (various references)

Hebrew 

למצק (firm, make firm, solidify), ליצב (immobilize, stabilize, steady), לחזק (bolster, brace, buttress, fasten, fortify, intensify, steady, strengthen, support), לאח�" (ally, amalgamate, combine, fuse, incorporate, join, reunite, unite), ל�'בש (crystallize, shape, solidify, stabilize). (various references)

Hungarian

megszilárdít (cement, concrete, set, settle, stabilize, to cement, to concrete, to confirm, to congeal, to consolidate, to firm, to set, to solidify, to steady), megerõsít (approve, attach, beef up, brace, confirm, corroborate, defilade, depose, fasten, fix, fortify, harden, homologate, man, reinforce, strengthen, underpin, uphold, verify, vouch). (various references)

Indonesian

menguatkan (aneal, corroborate, empower, evaporate, reinforce, strengthen), menggabungkan (bale, band, conquer, fuse, integrate, unite). (various references)

Italian

consolidarsi (steady), consolidare (clamp, fasten, fortify, shore up, steady), unificare (join, unify, unite), rinsaldare (confirm, strengthen). (various references)

Korean 

결합한다. (various references)

Manx

stooaltaghey (solidify), niartaghey (affirm, affirmation, brace, building up, cement, confirm, confirmation, consolidation, documentation, extend, fortification, fortify, intensify, invigorate, nerve, reinforce, reinforcement, stiffen, strengthen), cur ry-cheilley (assemblage, assemble, associate, clump, combine, compile, connect, connotation, consolidation, construct, evolve, incorporate, keep together, reconcile, relate, sum, teamwork). (various references)

Norwegian

trygge. (various references)

Pig Latin

onsolidatecay

Portuguese

consolidar (brace, cement, fund, reinforce, secure, weld), unificar (join, unify, unite), fundir (blow, cast, flux, found, fuse, fuze, incorporate, melt, merge, smelt, weld), fortalecer (arm, beef up, brace, build up, confirm, fortify, invigorate, nerve, reinforce, shore up, stiffen, strengthen, toughen), firmar (base, cement, clench, confirm, embed, enplane, fasten, firm, fix, guy, hoop, implant, joggle, key, nail, plant, rivet, root, secure, set, sign, stabilize, steady, stiffen, underwrite), alicerçar (base). (various references)

Romanian

consolida (bind, brace, bracket, confirm, fix, fortify, fund, reinforce, rivet, secure, solidify, steady, stiffen, strengthen), cimenta (cement, concrete, Grout, strengthen), unifica (amalgamate, piece, pool, unify, unite), se consolida (firm, solidify, stiffen, strengthen), fortifica (fortify, invigorate, reinforce, strengthen), întruni la un loc, întãri (bind, bond, brace, bracket, confirm, corroborate, enforce, entrench, fix, fortify, harden, indurate, invigorate, nerve, recruit, reinforce, screw, season, stay, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, stress, tone up). (various references)

Russian 

укреплять (fix, fortify, harden, recruit, reenforce, reinforce, strengthen). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

utvrditi (affirm, clinch, determine, entrench, establish, fortify, nail, nail down, stipulate), ujediniti (pool, rally, unify, unionize, unite), učvrstiti (anchor, bolster, fix, house, secure, strengthen, tighten), konsolidovati. (various references)

Spanish

consolidar (assure, fund, save, secure, strengthen), concentrar (concenter, concentrate, concentre, focus, funnel), fusionarse (to amalgamate). (various references)

Swedish

stärka (clearstarch, fortify, invigorate, starch, strengthen, toughen), konsolidera, befästa (affix, attach, confirm, determine, entrench, fasten, fix, fortify, make fast, secure). (various references)

Turkish

vadesini uzatmak, toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), takviye etmek (back, confirm, consolidation, fortify, reinforce, strengthen, support), sağlamlaştırmak (cement, consolidation, fasten down, firm, harden, make fast, make firm, reinforce, secure, solidify, stabilize, strengthen), pekiştirmek (cement, establish, firm, harden, impact, intensify, reinforce, solidify, stiffen), birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to). (various references)

Turkmen 

pugtalandurmak (stabilize), jebisleюmek (seal tightly). (various references)

Ukrainian

ущільнювати (compact, firm, impact, obturate, pack, thicken), укріпляти (firm, fortify, sconce, tighten), консолідувати (fund), об'�"днуватися (alliance, ally, associate, club, coalesce, incorporate, solder), об'�"днувати (amalgamate, band, combine, embody, incorporate, rally, solder, unify, unionize), зміцнювати (afforce, back, establish, fasten, recruit, re-enforce, steady, stiffen). (various references)

consolidabo, consolidastis, consolidatae, solidarentur, solidatae, solido. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "consolidate": consolidated, consolidates. (additional references)

Words ending with "consolidate": reconsolidate. (additional references)

Words containing "consolidate": nonconsolidated, reconsolidated, reconsolidates, unconsolidated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Consolidate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: consoladate, consolidae, consolodate, ocnsolidate, sonsolidate. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: desolation.

-2 letters: canoodles, catenoids, coastline, colonised, delations, dislocate, insolated, isooctane, loadstone, locations, sectional, sonicated.

-3 letters: aconites, alnicoes, anticold, astonied, canoeist, canoodle, catenoid, celadons, citadels, coaliest, codeinas, colonies, colonise, colonist, condoles, conoidal, consoled, coolants, coonties, daltonic, delation, dialects, diastole, diocesan, distance, eclosion, ecotonal, eidolons, elations, endocast, inclosed, insolate, isolated, lactones, lections, location, looniest, octanols.

+1 letter: consolidated, consolidates, decollations, disconsolate.

+2 letters: reconsolidate.

+3 letters: condensational, disconsolately, reconsolidated, reconsolidates, unconsolidated.

+4 letters: dechlorinations, decolonizations, decolorizations, delocalizations, dichloroethanes, nonconsolidated, reconsolidating.

+5 letters: conditionalities, decarboxylations, disconsolateness, polycondensation, resolidification, sedimentological.