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# consolidate

«consolidate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make something stronger, firmer or more secure:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (consolidate, consolidates, consolidated, consolidating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To consolidate is to make something stronger, firmer or more secure: «consolidate your learning». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#m1)

2) To consolidate things is to join them into one: «consolidate the two classes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, teachers set work to consolidate what pupils have learned, like practice times tables. In business and news, companies consolidate (merge). In sport, a team consolidates its lead. Formal exam voice uses it.

### examples

- This week we'll consolidate our work on fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x1)
- The two small schools were consolidated into one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x2)
- The team consolidated their lead with another goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x3)
- Practice helps consolidate new skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x4)
- She consolidated her notes into one book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x5)
- The king consolidated his power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/#x6)

### note

Formal. Noun «consolidation». Teachers' «consolidation» lessons mean practising what you already learned.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consolidate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.