英语词汇“consolidate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	consolidate
释义	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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