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consolidated

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con·sol·i·date  (kn-sl-dt)
v. con·sol·i·dat·ed, con·sol·i·dat·ing, con·sol·i·dates
v.tr.
1. To unite into one system or whole; combine: consolidated five separate agencies into a single department.
2. To make strong or secure; strengthen: She consolidated her power during her first year in office.
3. To make firm or coherent; form into a compact mass.
v.intr.
1. To become solidified or united.
2. To join in a merger or union: The two firms consolidated under a new name.

[Latin cnsolidre, cnsolidt- : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + solidre, to make firm (from solidus, firm; see sol- in Indo-European roots).]

con·soli·dator n.
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Adj.1.consolidated - joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
2.consolidated - forming a solid mass
compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers"
Translations
consolidated [kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtɪd] ADJconsolidado
consolidated accountscuentas fpl consolidadas
consolidated balance sheethoja f de balance consolidado
consolidated fundfondo m consolidado


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There's the Alameda & Contra Costa Land Syndicate, the Consolidated Street Railways, the Yerba Buena Ferry Company, the United Water Company, the Piedmont Realty Company, the Fairview and Portola Hotel Company, and half a dozen more that I've got to refer to a notebook to remember.
The more the Russian army retreated the more fiercely a spirit of hatred of the enemy flared up, and while it retreated the army increased and consolidated.
Among a people consolidated into one nation, this supremacy is completely vested in the national legislature.
 
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