{
    "term": "consolidate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "consolidate",
            "heSheIt": "consolidates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "consolidated",
        "pastParticiple": "consolidated",
        "ingForm": "consolidating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make a position of power or success stronger so that it is more likely to continue",
            "sensetop": "consolidate (something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "With this new movie he has **consolidated** his **position** as the country's leading director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italy consolidated their lead with a second goal."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to join things together into one; to be joined into one",
            "sensetop": "consolidate (something)",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All the debts have been consolidated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "consolidated accounts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two companies consolidated for greater efficiency."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪt/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪts/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɒlɪdeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪt/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪts/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/consolidate/xconsolidating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘combine into a whole’): from Latin consolidare, from con- ‘together’ + solidare ‘make firm’ (from solidus ‘solid’)."
}