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1. Unite into one
   "The companies consolidated"
    
2. Make firm or secure; strengthen
   "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
    
3. Bring together into a single whole or system
   "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
    
4. Form into a solid mass or whole
   "The mud had consolidated overnight"
    
5. Make or form into a solid or hardened mass
   "consolidate fibers into boards"

Derived forms: consolidates, consolidated, consolidating

Type of: merge, solidify, strengthen, toughen, unify, unite

Encyclopedia: Consolidate