consolidate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb unite into one
  2. verb make firm or secure; strengthen
  3. verb bring together into a single whole or system

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate.

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