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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·sol·i·date (-dat·ed ; -dat·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare to make solid, from com- + solidus solid DATE circa 1512 transitive verb 1. to join together into one whole : unite consolidate several small school districts 2. to make firm or secure : strengthen consolidate their hold on first place 3. to form into a compact mass intransitive verb : to become consolidated; specifically : merge the two companies consolidated English Etymology consolidate consolidate (v.) 1510s, "to compact into one body," from L.consolidat-, pp. stem of consolidare, from con- "together" + solidare "to make solid" (see consolidation). Meaning "to make firm or strong" is from c.1540. Related: Consolidating (1660s). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 consolidate con·soli·date / kEn5sClideit; NAmE -5sB:l- / verb1. to make a position of power or success stronger so that it is more likely to continue 使加强；使巩固: ▪ [VN] With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。 Italy consolidated their lead with a second goal. 意大利队的第二个进球巩固了其领先的地位。 ▪ [also V] 2. (technical 术语) to join things together into one; to be joined into one (使)结成一体,合并: ▪ [VN] All the debts have been consolidated. 所有债项均已合并。 consolidated accounts 合并账目 ▪ [V] The ten companies consolidated for greater efficiency. 为提高效率,这两家公司已合并。 • con·soli·da·tion / kEn7sCli5deiFn; NAmE -7sB:l- / noun [U] : the consolidation of power 权力的巩固 the consolidation of Japan's banking industry 日本银行业的合并 OLT consolidate verb ⇨ combine Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·sol·i·date I. \kənˈsäləˌdāt, usu -ad.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare to make firm, from com- + solidare to make firm, from solidus solid — more at safe transitive verb 1. a. : to join together (as two or more items into one unit, or whole) : unite < consolidate various ideas > < consolidate several colleges into a university > b. law (1) : to cause to become united and extinguished in a superior right or estate by both becoming vested in the same person (2) : to join in or cause to proceed as a single action — used of causes of action or of actions started separately 2. a. : to make firm or secure : strengthen , confirm < consolidate their hold on first place > < consolidate the economic power of an empire with great merchant fleets > specifically : to organize and strengthen by military means (as a position or ground recently captured) b. : to make stronger or more secure < condemnation of Italy … consolidated Italian-American support for Il Duce — Oscar Handlin > < consolidate his reputation > : make more tangible or effective < five years … have only consolidated the paradoxes — James Cameron > 3. : to make or form into a solid or hardened mass < the press consolidates fibers into board under pressures which vary from 300 to 1000 pounds a square inch — Monsanto Magazine > intransitive verb 1. : to become firm or hard (as by solidifying, freezing, uniting, adhering) : grow solid < the mud of the roads consolidated in the freezing night > 2. : to unite or grow into a coherent whole < his ideas consolidated into a plan > specifically : to undergo merger (as for mutual advantage) Synonyms: see unify II. \-ˌdāt, -_də̇t\ adjective Etymology: Latin consolidatus : made solid, firm, or coherent : consolidated < one of Montague's earliest consolidate memories — Peggy Bennett > |
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