consolidated

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid] Example Sentences Origin

con·sol·i·dat·ed

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid]
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.

Origin:
1745–55; consolidate + -ed2

qua·si-con·sol·i·dat·ed, adjective
un·con·sol·i·dat·ed, adjective

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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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Example Sentences
  • Meanwhile, emergency income transfers to the poor are being consolidated and expanded.
  • The long-term recovery trend would thus be consolidated.
  • In fact, in the future they'll only cause more problems, because the distributing cartels will have consolidated.
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con·sol·i·date

[kuhn-sol-i-deyt] verb, con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to unite or combine.
6.
to become solid or firm.
adjective
7.
consolidated (def. 2).

Origin:
1505–15; < Latin consolidātus (past participle of consolidāre), equivalent to con- con- + solid(us) solid + -ātus -ate1

con·sol·i·da·tor, noun
pre·con·sol·i·date, verb, pre·con·sol·i·dat·ed, pre·con·sol·i·dat·ing.
re·con·sol·i·date, verb, re·con·sol·i·dat·ed, re·con·sol·i·dat·ing.
un·con·sol·i·dat·ing, adjective
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consolidated
pp. adj. from consolidate. Of money, debt, etc., from 1753; in lit. sense of "made firm, unified," from c.1850.
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