consolidation

«consolidation» in Mova's school dictionary: Making something stronger, firmer or more settled… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (consolidation, uncountable; a consolidation)

meaning for a pupil

1) Making something stronger, firmer or more settled (consolidation of learning). tree →

2) Joining several things into one bigger thing (consolidation of two schools). tree →

3) (formal, maths/money) Putting several debts or accounts together. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: consolidation lessons practise and strengthen what was learned. In business and formal language: consolidation of companies. In geography: soil consolidation. Phrase: a consolidation exercise.

examples

• This week is for consolidation of times tables. tree →
• The consolidation of the two clubs made one big team. tree →
• Practice helps the consolidation of new skills. tree →
• Sleep helps the consolidation of memories. tree →
• The report suggested the consolidation of three small schools. tree →
• Consolidation of the soil made the ground firm. tree →

note

Formal word. Verb: consolidate. In maths class it often just means extra practice to make learning stick.

In the corpora

• "Fiscal consolidation" means cuts in public spending and tax rises.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «consolidation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.