CONSOLIDATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does consolidation mean?
• CONSOLIDATION (noun)
The noun CONSOLIDATION has 3 senses:
1. combining into a solid mass
2. the act of combining into an integral whole
3. something that has consolidated into a compact mass
Familiarity information: CONSOLIDATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONSOLIDATION (noun)
Meaning:
Combining into a solid mass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):
combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)
Meaning:
The act of combining into an integral whole
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
consolidation; integration
Context examples:
a consolidation of two corporations / after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously / the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them
Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consolidation"):
centralisation; centralization (the act of consolidating power under a central control)
incorporation (consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body)
amalgamation; merger; uniting (the combination of two or more commercial companies)
vertical combination; vertical integration (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution)
horizontal combination; horizontal integration (absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same level of production and sharing resources at that level)
Meaning:
Something that has consolidated into a compact mass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
he dropped the consolidation into the acid bath
Hypernyms ("consolidation" is a kind of...):
natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)
