solidify
Americanverb (used with object)
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solidifies,
present (3rd person singular)
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solidified,
past participle, past
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solidifying
present participle
verb (used without object)
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solidifies,
present (3rd person singular)
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solidified,
past participle, past
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solidifying
present participle
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to become solid.
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to form into crystals; become crystallized.
verb
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to make or become solid or hard
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to make or become strong, united, determined, etc
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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solidifiabilitynoun
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solidifiablenessnoun
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solidificationnoun
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solidifiernoun
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resolidifyverb
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oversolidifyverb (used with object)
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nonsolidifiedadjective
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nonsolidifyingadjective
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solidifiableadjective
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unsolidifiedadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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solidifysimple
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solidifiessimple
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have solidifiedperfect
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has solidifiedperfect
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am solidifyingprogressive
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are solidifyingprogressive
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is solidifyingprogressive
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have been solidifyingperfect progressive
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has been solidifyingperfect progressive
Past
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solidifiedsimple
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had solidifiedperfect
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was solidifyingprogressive
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were solidifyingprogressive
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had been solidifyingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of solidify
From the French word solidifier, dating back to 1790–1800. See solid, -ify
Explanation
To solidify is to make something solid, like water becoming ice, or a plan becoming more concrete. If you’re meeting a friend, you should solidify the plan before you go and decide where and what time to meet. To solidify is to become a solid, like lemonade solidifying into a popsicle, or dissolved sugar solidifying into yummy rock candy. Also, this word can apply to non-physical things. If a couple gets engaged, they're solidifying their relationship. Getting a promotion could solidify your career. Anything becoming firmer or more real is a type of solidifying. In any sense, whatever gets solidified becomes stronger.
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Example Sentences
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As that molten mantle gradually cools, the first rocks to solidify contain relatively little silicon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
To borrow a favorite buzz word of executives across baseball, they’ll be opportunistic, as they look for ways to solidify the roster for the stretch run and into the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
It also raises the possibility that Comcast could potentially acquire Charter Communications to solidify itself as the top provider in the U.S.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
But it also stands to make the market more competitive for big players like Anthropic and OpenAI that need to ramp up paid usage to solidify the economics of AI development.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
When I was a child, I waited for my mind to grow, for my experiences to accumulate and my choices to solidify, taking shape into the likeness of a person.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
It’s a 19-track, introspective debut that solidifies the duo’s standing in the EDM world as both masterful mixers and vocalists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dariely Rodriguez, chief counsel at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that the ruling "solidifies what we have known to be true for over a hundred years".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
But OpenAI officially revealing plans to go public solidifies that this is shaking up to be a year marked by the largest IPOs in Wall Street’s history.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
These interactions do not disappear as the silk solidifies.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026
But for some reason, hearing Autumn say it in a garden that pulls the unfiltered truth out of you … it just solidifies what I already knew.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The rise of photography solidified the face as a marker of individuality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Most Asian stocks rose Friday as another soft US inflation reading solidified expectations the Federal Reserve will hold off hiking interest rates, while a further drop in oil prices added to the upbeat mood.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It solidified us as, ‘This is what we do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
And the friends solidified their bond—they went into business together.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
My friendship with Louise was solidified over jacks, hopscotch and confessions, deep and dark, exchanged often after many a “Cross your heart you won’t tell?”
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
His team hope this to be a pattern that becomes familiar – that ideas and plans are carefully dripped into the national conversation, taking shape and solidifying over time rather than appearing out of nowhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Last year, Chinese companies shipped thousands of robots along with components globally, solidifying the country’s dominance in the world’s robotics supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Zinger expressed the same sentiment in a Substack post last week, writing that Google’s AI strategy is solidifying around “prosaic matters” such as coding and search, instead of DeepMind’s original vision of chasing AGI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
In 2017, Hollywood’s Sunset Square was named a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, solidifying its place in L.A.’s architectural history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nathan sang the Change song again and instead of thinking of water solidifying, he thought of it liquefying and transforming into mist.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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