consolidation.

1. The combination of parts or resources into a more unified whole.

2. The strengthening or securing of a position, structure or state.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• consolidation of records
• organizational consolidation

On the page

Consolidation of the records revealed conflicts between the original lists.

Organizational consolidation reduced separate offices but did not immediately reduce costs.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.