consolidated

1. 1
   adjective

   Made firm, solid, or joined together into one.

   Like loose snow that gets pressed down into one solid, packed block.

   The soft soil had become consolidated into a hard, packed layer.

   They merged three small offices into one consolidated team.

   Similarcombined, merged, unified, compacted, united

   Oppositeunconsolidated, separate, fragmented, loose

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of consolidate. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The bank consolidated all her loans into one monthly payment.

   They consolidated the two schools into a single building last year.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Showing the combined money figures of a parent company and all the companies it owns.

   Like adding up the money from a main store and all its smaller branches into one total.

   The consolidated accounts showed that the whole group earned ten million dollars.

   Investors studied the firm's consolidated report to see the full picture.

   Similarcombined

   Oppositeunconsolidated

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