consolidating
- 1Present participle and gerund of consolidate.
The firm is consolidating its regional branches to cut overhead.
Consolidating power quickly, the new leader removed his rivals from key posts.
Note
One -ing form does two jobs, and it keeps the base verb's freedom to work with or without an object. It can act on something (consolidating its branches), or it can describe parts merging on their own (the two banks are consolidating). As a gerund it fills noun slots, as in consolidating your debts, which means paying several off with one loan. The final e of consolidate drops before the ending.
consolidating is a form of consolidate
consolidate, verb: To combine separate things into a single unit, or to group them together as one. Full entry
- Forms
- consolidateconsolidates he/she/itconsolidating -ing formconsolidated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- consolidate → consolidating: drop the e, add -ing
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