consolidate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
unite into one
The companies consolidated
Types & categories
- unify hypernym
Related & opposite
- integration derivation
- consolidative derivation
- consolidative derivation
Sense 2 verb
make firm or secure; strengthen
consolidate one's gains
Types & categories
- strengthen hypernym
Sense 3 verb
bring together into a single whole or system
The town and county schools are being consolidated
Types & categories
- merge hypernym
Related & opposite
- integration derivation
- consolidative derivation
- consolidative derivation
Sense 4 verb
form into a solid mass or whole
The mud had consolidated overnight
Types & categories
- solidify hypernym
Related & opposite
- consolidation derivation
- consolidation derivation
Sense 5 verb
make or form into a solid or hardened mass
consolidate fibers into boards
Types & categories
- solidify hypernym
Related & opposite
- consolidation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | integration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unify |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strengthen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | integration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | merge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | solidify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | consolidation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | solidify |