consolidate
consolidate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To combine a number of separate things, organizations, funds, or debts into a single more effective or coherent whole.
"The corporation decided to consolidate its regional offices into a single headquarters to reduce operating costs."
To make something physically stronger, more secure, or more firmly established (especially power, position, or knowledge).
"After winning the championship, the team worked hard to consolidate its lead at the top of the league."
To make or become physically solid, compact, or firm (especially of loose soil, sediment, or tissue).
"Over millions of years, the layers of loose volcanic ash consolidated into solid rock."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 16th century from Latin consolidatus, the past participle of consolidare ('to make firm or solid'), formed from the intensive prefix com- ('together') and solidare ('to make solid'), from solidus ('firm, whole').