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| Main Entry: | consolidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; make firm |
| Synonyms: | add to, amalgamate, amass, band, bind, blend, build up, cement, centralize, compact, compound, concentrate, condense, connect, develop, fortify, fuse, harden, hitch, incorporate, join, league, mass, meld, mix, pool, reinforce, secure, set, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, thicken, unify, bunch up, concatenate, conjoin, densen, federate, hitch on, hook up with, plug into, render solid, slap on, tack on, tag on, team up with, throw in together, tie in, tie up with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disperse, divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | amalgamate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend |
| Synonyms: | alloy, ally, coalesce, combine, compound, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, meld, merge, mingle, network, pool, tie up*, unite, admix, come together, hook up with, interface, intermix, join together, team up, tie in |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | group or join group |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, ally, amalgamate, belt, combine, consolidate, gather, league, merge, team, unite, coadjute, conjoin, federate |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw together |
| Synonyms: | attract, centralize, collect, consolidate, focus, gather, intensify, join, meet, unify, bring to a focus, bring together, close on, concenter, converge upon, focalize, medialize |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate |
| Main Entry: | centralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw toward a point |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, compact, condense, consolidate, converge, focus, gather, incorporate, integrate, organize, rationalize, systematize, unify, concenter, streamline |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter, decentralize |
| Main Entry: | coagulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clot |
| Synonyms: | coalesce, compact, concentrate, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, curdle, dry, harden, jell, jelly, set, solidify, thicken, clabber, gel, gelate, gelatinize, glop up, inspissate, jellify, lopper |
| Antonyms: | dilute, dissolve, melt, open, thin, unclot |
| Main Entry: | coalesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blend, come together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, amalgamate, associate, bracket, cleave, cling, cohere, combine, commingle, connect, consolidate, fuse, incorporate, integrate, join, link, merge, mingle, mix, relate, stick, unite, wed, commix, conjoin, hook up with, join up with, tie in with |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make condensed |
| Synonyms: | combine, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, contract, cram, integrate, pack, set, solidify, stuff, unify, unite |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, loosen, slacken, thin, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | compile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, accumulate |
| Synonyms: | abridge, amass, arrange, assemble, collate, collect, collocate, compose, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, cull, edit, garner, gather, get together, glean, group, marshal, muster, organize, put together, recapitulate, unite, anthologize, bring together, colligate, draw together, heap up |
| Antonyms: | disassemble, disperse, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | incorporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, combine |
| Synonyms: | absorb, add to, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, blend, charter, coalesce, consolidate, cover, dub, embody, form, fuse, imbibe, integrate, join, link, merge, mix, organize, pool, put together, start, subsume, unite, gang up*, hook in, tie in |
| Antonyms: | divide, drop, exclude, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | integrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix, merge |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, amalgamate, arrange, articulate, assimilate, associate, attune, blend, coalesce, combine, compact, concentrate, conform, consolidate, coordinate, desegregate, embody, fuse, get together, harmonize, incorporate, join, knit, link, mesh, orchestrate, organize, proportion, reconcile, synthesize, systematize, tune, unify, unite, wed, come together, concatenate, conjoin, interface, intermix, meld with, reconciliate, symphonize, throw in together |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | league |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate |
| Synonyms: | ally, amalgamate, band, collaborate, combine, concur, confederate, consolidate, cooperate, unite, coadjute, conjoin, federate, join forces |
| Antonyms: | disassociate |
| Main Entry: | merge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring or come together |
| Synonyms: | absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, cement, centralize, coalesce, combine, compound, conglomerate, consolidate, converge, fuse, incorporate, intermingle, join, marry, meet, meld, mingle, mix, network, pool, submerge, synthesize, tag, unite, be swallowed up, become lost in, become partners, come aboard, deal one in, hitch on, hook up, immerge, interface, intermix, join up, line up, melt into, plug into, slap on, tack on, team up, throw in together, tie in |
| Antonyms: | divide, part, separate |
| Main Entry: | unify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unite |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, ally, associate, band, combine, connect, consolidate, cooperate, couple, join, link, marry, merge, pool, wed, become one, bring together, gather together, hook up with, join forces, pull together, stick together |
| Main Entry: | unite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine; join together |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, ally, amalgamate, associate, band, blend, close ranks*, coalesce, commingle, concur, confederate, connect, consolidate, cooperate, couple, embody, fuse, harden, incorporate, intertwine, join, league, link, marry, meet, merge, mix, pool, relate, solidify, strengthen, unify, wed, band together, become one, coadjute, conjoin, gather together, hang together, hook up with, join forces, keep together, pull together, stay together, stick together, throw in with |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cohere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick to, cling |
| Synonyms: | adhere, associate, bind, blend, cleave, coalesce, combine, connect, consolidate, fuse, glue, hold, join, merge, unite |
| Antonyms: | divide, fall off, separate |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down*, pin, place, plant, position, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie, freeze to, infix, rigidify, rivet, stay put |
| Antonyms: | change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make strong and secure; add to |
| Synonyms: | brace, build up, bulwark, buttress, consolidate, embattle, entrench, garrison, gird, prepare, prop, protect, ready, reinforce, secure, steel*, step up, strengthen, support, charge up, punch up, shore up, soup up |
| Antonyms: | decrease, hurt, injure, weaken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, dry, firm, fix, fortify, freeze, gird, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, calcify, densify, fossilize, indurate, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
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