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English
Etymology
From Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō.
Pronunciation
Noun
consolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations)
- The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated
- Synonyms: solidification, combination
- The combination of several actions into one.
- (medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.
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Derived terms
Translations
the act or process of consolidating
- Bulgarian: укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane), заздравяване (bg) n (zazdravjavane)
- Czech: konsolidace (cs) f, sjednocení (cs) n, zpevnění n, sloučení n, vystužení
- Finnish: vahvistus (fi), lujittaminen, vahvistaminen (fi), lujitus
- French: consolidation (fr) f
- German: Konsolidierung (de) f
- Greek: ενοποίηση (el) f (enopoíisi), συγχώνευση (el) f (synchónefsi)
- Hebrew: גיבוש (gibush) m (the act of causing other people or things to consolidate); התגבשות (hitgabshut) f (the act of becoming consolidated)
- Indonesian: konsolidasi (id)
- Italian: consolidamento (it) m, rafforzamento (it) m, potenziamento (it) m
- Maori: whakatōpūtanga
- Portuguese: consolidação (pt) f
- Romanian: consolidare (ro) f
- Spanish: consolidación (es) f
- Ukrainian: консоліда́ція (uk) f (konsolidácija)
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the combination of several actions into one
solidification into a firm dense mass (med.)
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsolidātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
consolidation f (plural consolidations)
- consolidation
- strengthening, reinforcement
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