consolidated

[kuhn-sol-i-dey-tid]

adjective

1. brought together into a single whole.

2. having become solid, firm, or coherent.

3. Accounting.,  taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries.

   a consolidated balance sheet.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-consolidated adjective
• unconsolidated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of consolidated¹

First recorded in 1745–55; consolidate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

And Sainz consolidated his excellent qualifying performance with a strong race to take the final podium place, confirming the progress Williams have made this season.

From BBC

It has no single origin, but draws on folk dance traditions across Europe and Africa and was consolidated as a dance style within the US country music scene in the 20th Century.

From BBC

Whether those with little appetite for Farage remain fragmented in their loyalties or become consolidated behind one party could therefore be crucial in determining Reform's chances of power.

From BBC

On Wednesday, Fifa hailed "the continuing expansion of international player mobility and the growing scale of the global transfer system", adding that England "consolidated its position as the leading global investor in talent".

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But by the time he returned home, a group of conservative religious students turned rebel fighters were dominating Afghanistan’s messy, multisided civil war and had consolidated power over the capital.

From Salon

Related Words

• concerted 
• cooperative 
• homogeneous 
• integrated 
• linked 
• unanimous 
• undivided 
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