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bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"
make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate ones gains"; "consolidate ones hold on first place"
make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards"
unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"
make (ones senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" (同)heighten
give a point to; "The candles are tapered" (同)taper, point
become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened"
make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"
raise the pitch of (musical notes)
make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" (同)compound, heighten, deepen
become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" (同)deepen
enclose by or as if by a fortification (同)fort
add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
strengthen and support with rewards; "Lets reinforce good behavior" (同)reward
make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" (同)reenforce
defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it (同)munition
the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
the art or science of strengthening defenses
loose and unstratified; "unconsolidated soil"
forming a solid mass

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…‘を'『鋭くする』,とがらせる;…‘を'とぐ / …‘を'敏感にする,鋭敏にする / 鋭くなる,とがる;敏感(鋭敏)になる
…‘を'強める,強烈にする / 強くなる,激しくなる
(…で)…‘の'防備を固める《+『名』+『with』+『名』》 / (肉体的・精神的に)(…で)…‘を'強くする,強化する《+『名』+『with』+『名』》 / (別な成分を加えて,…して)…‘の'効果(栄養 / 価)を増す《+『名』+『with』+『名』,+『名』+『by』 do『ing』》
…‘を'増強する,補強する / …‘に'増援する,援兵を送る
〈U〉(都市などの)武装化,防備を固めること / 〈C〉《通例複数形で》とりで,要塞

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Consolidation may refer to:

In science and technology

Memory consolidation, the process in the brain by which recent memories are crystallised into long-term memory
Pulmonary consolidation, a clinical term for solidification into a firm dense mass
Server consolidation, where multiple servers are consolidated using platform virtualization
Data consolidation, the consolidation of data from multiple sources into a centralized system
Consolidation (soil), a geological process whereby a soil decreases in volume
Consolidation, a popular name of a steam locomotive type, with 2-8-0 wheel, built first in 1864
Semiconductor consolidation
Ultrasonic consolidation

In economics

Consolidation (business), the mergers or acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones
- Consolidation (media), consolidation of United States media into a few companies
Debt consolidation, the process of combining two or more loans into one big loan
- Federal student loan consolidation, allows students to consolidate student loans into one single debt
Fiscal consolidation, decreasing the public finance deficit, this way increasing the sustainability of public finance

Other uses

Consolidation = merging or integration of many items into one.

Championship consolidation, the act of combining two separate championships into a single title
Democratic consolidation, the process by which a new democracy matures
Federal student loan consolidation
Land consolidation, the process that consolidates small fragmented parcels of land into larger contiguous plots
Municipal consolidation, the act of merging two or more municipalities to form a single new one
Urban consolidation

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