From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconsolecon‧sole1 /kənˈsəʊl $ -ˈsoʊl/ verb [transitive] COMFORT/MAKE somebody FEEL BETTERto make someone feel better when they are feeling sad or disappointed → consolation No one could console her when Peter died.console yourself with something She consoled herself with the fact that no one else had done well in the exam either.console yourself that He consoled himself that he would see Kate again soon.→ See Verb table
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console• Like a priest in his parish, Lew took time to console Anna, an elderly stay-at-home who needs groceries.• I wanted to console her, but I didn't know how.• But as the days passed, she discovered that there were plenty of people willing to console her.• The death-faced hooligan had his arm around her now, comforting her, consoling her.• In any event, he consoled himself, nothing could be worse for Katherine than the situation that had developed at home.• Archer consoled himself with the thought that at least he had done his best.• Mama used to say when trying to console me or reassure me that troubled times would pass.• A priest was called in to console victims' families.• One is consoled with a new Pontiac, one escapes with Bach and the folk-singers.console yourself that• But I can console myself that at least I had fun.• She climbed wearily out of bed, consoling herself that her physical injuries, at least, were healing fast.consolecon‧sole2 /ˈkɒnsəʊl $ ˈkɑːnsoʊl/ noun [countable] 1 TDTEa flat board that contains the controls for a machine, piece of electrical equipment, computer etc2 TCTDa special cupboard for a television, computer etcExamples from the Corpus
console• Our tester had a center console with deep storage, a dual cupholder and a clipboard holder.• Of course, when he got home he found they wouldn't fit into his console!• Atari will continue to sell Jaguar consoles and games that run on it at least until current inventories are exhausted.• a Nintendo console• On August 14 the green button on my phone console lit up for the first time in an ice age.• They had the latches closed, the headsets on and plugged in at the console.• The rear end of the console can be detached in order to transform the two individual rear seats into a bench accommodating three.• Research shows that 73 percent of the console players are boys, so most of the new games are heavy on fighting.• They only transcribe into knitting instructions when entered, calculated and displayed on the console of your machine.Origin console1 (1600-1700) French consoler, from Latin consolari, from com- ( → COM-) + solari “to console” console2 (1800-1900) console “bracket” ((18-20 centuries)), from French, perhaps from consolateur “consoler, bracket in human shape”, from consoler; → CONSOLE1 