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say it: kuhn-SAH-li-dayt
consolidate is a verb meaning "unite into one". It carries 5 recorded senses.
make firm or secure; strengthen
“consolidate one's gains”
“consolidate one's hold on first place”
bring together into a single whole or system
“The town and county schools are being consolidated”
form into a solid mass or whole
“The mud had consolidated overnight”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for consolidate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.