consolidated

adjective

con·​sol·​i·​dat·​ed kən-ˈsä-lə-ˌdā-təd 

1

: joined together into a coherent, compact, or unified whole

a consolidated balance sheet [=a balance sheet in which the assets and liabilities of a parent company and its subsidiaries are combined]

Ideally, the best building at the most central location becomes the consolidated school, but preferences of pastors and parishioners and local finances play an important role.

—Thomas J. Reese

These accounts collect proceeds from the sale of securities, pay interest, offer check writing and produce a consolidated monthly statement that includes a valuation of the portfolio.

—Robert D. Hershey, Jr.

2

: formed into a firm or solid mass

consolidated snow

The plinths or whaleback dunes are composed of laminated, very weakly consolidated sand …

—C. Vance Haynes, Jr.

Examples of consolidated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Company relies primarily on its condensed consolidated financial statements to understand, manage, and evaluate our financial performance and uses the non-GAAP financial measures only supplementally. —Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2024

Many state, city and county municipal offices — as well as the regional Metropolitan Council — have consolidated workspaces or gone fully remote, as much if not more so than their private-sector counterparts. —Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 May 2024

Delta, United, Southwest, and American have staked out a dominant position atop the airline industry, which is currently the most consolidated it’s ever been in its 100-year history. —Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 7 May 2024

Thanks to the consolidated and immense volume of the falls, Kaieteru is considered the largest single drop waterfall by water volume and boasts a drop of 741 feet. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2024

The airport has allotted $2.5 million to fund art installations at the Concourse B Gates, a consolidated rental car facility, a ground transportation center plaza and the walkway from Terminal A to that center, a spokeswoman said. —Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 4 May 2024

A little over a year ago, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) consolidated AI efforts internally to focus on two different audience segments: engineers and everyone else. —John Kell, Fortune, 2 May 2024

But after decades of lax enforcement, antitrust authorities have started taking a closer look at the industry, which is heavily consolidated at the national and regional levels. —Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

By the end of the decade, Phoenix was well consolidated as a metropolitan area, with continuous, unabated growth. —Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing consolidated

• consolidated school