consolidating
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解説 Definition
consolidatingは、複数のものを一つにまとめたり、力や状態をより安定させたりすることを表す動詞consolidateの現在分詞です。会社、データ、組織、立場などを統合・強化する場面で使われます。
Consolidating is the ongoing action of combining separate things into a single, more efficient or coherent whole, or of making a position, organization, or source of support stronger and more secure. It is the present participle of consolidate.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
consolidating は consolidate の語末の e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞です。発音は consolidate の末尾 /eɪt/ に /ɪŋ/ が続き、主強勢は第2音節のままです。con-「共に」＋solid「固い」から、offices や data を一つにまとめる場合と、support や power を固める場合の両方を覚えましょう。
Begin with consolidate, then drop its final silent e before adding -ing: consolidate becomes consolidating. The ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/ after the verb’s /eɪt/ sound, and the main stress remains on the second syllable. Its internal idea is “making solid together”: con- suggests together, and solid supplies the image of firmness. Use that image for both major patterns. A company may be consolidating several offices or data systems by combining them, while a leader may be consolidating support by making an existing position stronger. The shared idea is turning scattered or uncertain elements into a firmer whole.
例文
The company is consolidating its small offices into one main branch.
その会社は小さな事務所を一つの本店に統合しています。
We are consolidating the data from three different systems.
私たちは三つの異なるシステムのデータを統合しています。
The new leader focused on consolidating support within the team.
新しいリーダーはチーム内の支持を固めることに集中しました。
consolidating の類義語・関連語
consolidating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 consolidare（しっかり固める）から。con-（共に）+ solidus（固い）が語根で、「バラバラのものを一つに固める」が原義。関連語は solid（固体の）、solidarity（連帯）。複数の要素を堅固な一体にするイメージが「統合・強化」の意味につながる。
Consolidating is the present-participle form of consolidate, made by dropping final e and adding -ing. Consolidate comes from Latin consolidare, “to make firm or solid,” built from con-, “together” or “thoroughly,” and solidus, “solid, firm.” English first used the verb for making something physically or structurally firm, then extended it to combining organizations, debts, information, or power. The strengthening sense and the combining sense both preserve the original image of creating one solid whole.
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