has particulars: centralisation, centralization, incorporation, amalgamation, merger, uniting, vertical combination, vertical integration, horizontal combination, horizontal integration

Derived forms verb consolidate₁, verb consolidate₃

consolidation(n = noun.object) Array - something that has consolidated into a compact mass; "he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath"

is a kind of

natural object

Derived form verb consolidate₄

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consolidation, n. [L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.].

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. [1913 Webster]
"The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random." [1913 Webster]

"The consolidation of the great European monarchies." [1913 Webster]
To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation. [1913 Webster]
The combination of several actions into one. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

consolidation

Anschluss, abbreviation, accelerando, acceleration, accretion, addition, adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutination, aggravation, aggregation, alliance, amalgamation, assimilation, association, astriction, astringency, beefing-up, blend, blending, blowing up, blowup, bottleneck, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, cervix, circumscription, cling, clinging, clotting, clumping, clustering, coadunation, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coarctation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, compactedness, compaction, composition, compression, compressure, comradeship, concentration, concretion, condensation, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, conspiracy, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, copartnership, copartnery, curtailment, decrease, deepening, densification, diminuendo, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enhancement, enosis, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, hardening, heating-up, heightening, hookup, hourglass, hourglass figure, inclusion, incorporation, information explosion, inseparability, integration, intensification, isthmus, junction, junta, knitting, league, magnification, marriage, meld, melding, mergence, merger, merging, narrow place, narrowing, neck, package, package deal, partnership, pickup, population explosion, puckering, pursing, redoubling, reduction, reinforcement, set, shortening, sodality, solidification, sorority, speedup, step-up, sticking, stranglement, strangulation, strengthening, striction, stricture, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, systole, tie-in, tie-up, tightening, unification, union, wasp waist, wedding, wrinkling

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consolidation

Coherence

N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.

Density

N density, solidity, solidness, impenetrability, impermeability, incompressibility, imporosity, cohesion, constipation, consistence, spissitude, specific gravity, hydrometer, areometer, condensation, caseation, solidation, solidification, consolidation, concretion, coagulation, petrification, crystallization, precipitation, deposit, precipitate, inspissation, gelation, thickening, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, insolubility, indissolvableness, solid body, mass, block, knot, lump, concretion, concrete, conglomerate, cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum, bone, gristle, cartilage, casein, crassamentum, legumin, superdense matter, condensed states of matter, dwarf star, neutron star, dense, solid, solidified, caseous, pukka, coherent, cohesive, compact, close, serried, thickset, substantial, massive, lumpish, impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous, incompressible, constipated, concrete, knotted, knotty, gnarled, crystalline, crystallizable, thick, grumous, stuffy, undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied, unthawed, indivisible, indiscerptible, infrangible, indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.

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