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con·sol·i·dat·ed 
[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid] Pronunciation Key
[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | brought together into a single whole. |
| 2. | having become solid, firm, or coherent. |
| 3. | Accounting. taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries: a consolidated balance sheet. |
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con·sol·i·date
[kuhn-sol-i-deyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing, adjective
[kuhn-sol-i-deyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -dat·ed, -dat·ing, adjective –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–adjective
| 1. | to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies. |
| 2. | to discard the unused or unwanted items of and organize the remaining: She consolidated her home library. |
| 3. | to make solid or firm; solidify; strengthen: to consolidate gains. |
| 4. | Military. to strengthen by rearranging the position of ground combat troops after a successful attack. |
| 5. | to unite or combine. |
| 6. | to become solid or firm. |
| 7. | consolidated (def. 2). |
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| con·sol·i·date
(kən-sŏl'ĭ-dāt') Pronunciation Key
v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates v. tr.
v. intr.
[Latin cōnsolidāre, cōnsolidāt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + solidāre, to make firm (from solidus, firm; see sol- in Indo-European roots).] con·sol'i·da'tor n. |
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| consolidated | |
adjective | |
| 1. | joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: amalgamate] |
| 2. | forming a solid mass |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Consolidated
Con*sol"i*da`ted\, p. p. & a. 1. Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified. The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated. --Rees. A mass of partially consolidated mud. --Tyndall. 2. (Bot.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. --Gray. The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc.
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