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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-sol-i-deyt
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsɒl ɪˌdeɪt



Definition of consolidate

Origin :
  • 1510s, "to compact into one body," from Latin consolidatus, past participle of consolidare "to make solid," from com- "together" (see com-) + solidare "to make solid" (see solid). Meaning "to make firm or strong" is from mid-16c. Related: Consolidatedconsolidating.
  • verb combine; make firm
Example sentences :
  • It needs a war, not a threat of war, to consolidate Austria and Hungary.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • I was the one they were going to hang, to consolidate the bond with the old island.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The Arabs, in their turn, knew how to consolidate their rule.
  • Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard
  • We were able to take all our objectives and consolidate them.
  • Extract from : « Over the top with the 25th » by R. Lewis
  • Finally we reached our last objective and commenced to consolidate.
  • Extract from : « Over the top with the 25th » by R. Lewis
  • In a score of other ways Kara had endeavoured to consolidate the friendship.
  • Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace
  • If you cannot consolidate your claims, you must work them individually.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Timber Town » by Alfred Grace
  • She will not keep him to his labours to consolidate the power.
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I'm going to consolidate all these tribes and sweep the west clean of every white.
  • Extract from : « The Riflemen of the Ohio » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • There is also danger that we consolidate too many rural schools in towns.
  • Extract from : « The Country-Life Movement in the United States » by L.H. Bailey

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