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# consolidation

«consolidation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making something stronger, firmer or more settled…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (consolidation, uncountable; a consolidation)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making something stronger, firmer or more settled (consolidation of learning). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#m1)

2) Joining several things into one bigger thing (consolidation of two schools). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#m2)

3) (formal, maths/money) Putting several debts or accounts together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: consolidation lessons practise and strengthen what was learned. In business and formal language: consolidation of companies. In geography: soil consolidation. Phrase: a consolidation exercise.

### examples

- This week is for consolidation of times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x1)
- The consolidation of the two clubs made one big team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x2)
- Practice helps the consolidation of new skills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x3)
- Sleep helps the consolidation of memories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x4)
- The report suggested the consolidation of three small schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x5)
- Consolidation of the soil made the ground firm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consolidation/#x6)

### note

Formal word. Verb: consolidate. In maths class it often just means extra practice to make learning stick.

### In the corpora

- ["Fiscal consolidation" means cuts in public spending and tax rises.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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