Consolidate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To unite into one system or whole; combine: consolidated five separate agencies into a single department.
  • v. To make strong or secure; strengthen: She consolidated her power during her first year in office.
  • v. To make firm or coherent; form into a compact mass.
  • verb-intransitive. To become solidified or united.
  • verb-intransitive. To join in a merger or union: The two firms consolidated under a new name.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
  • v. To make stronger or more solid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
  • v. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.
  • v. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine.
  • v. To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make solid or firm; unite, compress, or pack together and form into a more compact mass, body, or system; make dense or coherent.
  • To bring together and unite firmly into one mass or body; cause to cohere or cleave together: as, to consolidate the forces of an army, or materials into a compound body.
  • Used specifically— in surgery, of uniting the parts of a broken bone or the lips of a wound by means of applications
  • in legislation, of combining two or more acts into one;
  • in law, of combining two or more actions, corporations, or benefices into one;
  • in finance, of uniting different sources of public revenue into a single fund, or different evidences of public debt into a single class (see consolidated). Synonyms To combine, compact, condense, compress.
  • To grow firm and compact; coalesce and become solid: as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
  • Formed into a solid mass or system.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. bring together into a single whole or system
  • v. make or form into a solid or hardened mass
  • v. form into a solid mass or whole
  • v. unite into one
  • v. make firm or secure; strengthen
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    unite    merge    unify    solidify    strengthen   
    Cross Reference
    combine    unify    joint    united   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    consolidated    compress    unite    compact    harden    combine    condense   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    decompose    centralize    condense    applicable    unify    disarm    comparable    unable    separate    federal