0 to become, or cause something to become, stronger, and more certain:
The success of their major product consolidated the firm's position in the market.
She hoped that marriage would consolidate their relationship.
The party consolidated its hold on power during its term of office.
The company has been expanding rapidly, and I feel it's now time to consolidate (= stop growing and make our present position stronger).
The companies help people who may need cash to consolidate debt, buy a home, or set up a new business.
Online brokers let you consolidate your holdings with one firm.
2 to become or make something stronger or more successful:
3 to join the different parts of something together, or to be joined:
The business plan is based on consolidating a fragmented but growing market.
There is still scope for European industries to consolidate.
consolidate sth into/with sth Manufacturing has been consolidated into fewer plants worldwide.
They considered consolidating all their small debts and taking out a new loan to cover them.
4 to show the financial results of a group of companies in one set of figures, rather than showing the results of each company separately:
5 to put items together in order to send or transport them:
Your shipment will be consolidated with those of other customers and transported by container.
He consolidated and clarified a host of statutes, abolished obsolete offences, made significant procedural changes, and introduced a professional police force.
As evidence, each item consolidated and substantiated a prosecution.
The couple then consolidated their new dynamic of reciprocal caregiving and used it to renegotiate old problems in their relationship.
We have consolidated and compared numerous empirical studies on consumer preferences for, and attitude towards, organic food, relative to conventionally grown products.
Between 1992 and 2002 the country was returning to and consolidating civilian rule.
In seven subsequent seasons this market has consolidated and grown.
Differences between the annotators were consolidated so that a consensus was reached.
Scenes like these consolidated a conventional association between laments and the feminine voice.
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