# consolidated

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SOL-uh-dayt-id" US /kənˈsɑ.lə.deɪt.ɪd/, AUS /kənˈsɔl.ə.dæɪt.ɪd/; UK say "kuhn-SOL-i-dayt-id" /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt.ɪd/

## Adjective

1. Made firm or solid, or combined from separate parts into a single, unified whole.
   - Simple: Made firm, solid, or joined together into one.
   - _Decades of pressure left the sediment consolidated into dense stone._
   - _The newly consolidated department brought four scattered teams under one manager._
3. Showing the combined financial figures of a parent company together with all of its subsidiary companies.
   - Simple: Showing the combined money figures of a parent company and all the companies it owns.
   - _The consolidated balance sheet combined results from the parent and six subsidiaries._
   - _Analysts prefer consolidated statements because they reveal the group's overall financial health._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of consolidate. — simple past and past participle of consolidate
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of consolidate. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The company consolidated its regional branches into a single headquarters._
   - _Over the decade, several rival firms consolidated under one corporate banner._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/consolidated (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).