# consolidation

Pronunciation: US say "kuhn-sol-uh-DAY-shuhn" /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/; UK say "kuhn-sol-i-DAY-shuhn" /kənˌsɒlɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/

## Noun

1. The act or process of making something firm and secure or of uniting separate parts into a whole, or the state that results.
   - Simple: Making something firmer and stronger, or joining separate parts into one whole.
   - _A period of consolidation followed the company's rapid expansion overseas._
   - _The treaty marked the consolidation of the empire's eastern border._
2. The combining of several separate actions into a single one.
   - Simple: Putting several separate actions or steps together so they happen as one.
   - _The judge approved the consolidation of the four lawsuits, so the claims will be heard together._
   - _Consolidation of the separate safety checks into one inspection cut the factory's delays in half._
3. A solidification into a firm, dense mass, usually said of normally air-filled lung tissue that has swollen or hardened.
   - Simple: A change in which soft body tissue becomes firm and solid, most often in a lung.
   - _The chest CT revealed patchy consolidation in both lower lobes._
   - _The ultrasound picked up several small consolidations along the edge of the lung._

## Origin

From Latin cōnsolidātiō (cōnsolidātiōnem), which comes from cōnsolidō.

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