console
1to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Even his children could not console him when his wife died.
Origin of console
1synonym study For console
Other words from console
- con·sol·a·ble, adjective
- con·sol·er, noun
- in·con·sol·a·ble, adjective
- un·con·sol·a·ble, adjective
- un·con·sol·a·bly, adverb
- un·con·soled, adjective
Other definitions for console (2 of 2)
Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video game console . a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
the control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.
a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.
a desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.
a small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system: the console that controls a theater's lighting system.
Architecture. an ornamental corbel or bracket, especially one high in relation to its projection.
Automotive. a tray or container typically divided into compartments, mounted between bucket seats, and used for storing small items.
Nautical. a unit on a vessel containing steering apparatus, systems monitoring equipment, etc.: a bridge console, an engine-room console.
Origin of console
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use console in a sentence
They were teachers, consolers, deities, the one to the other.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de ForestIf a dark night had come, when he could not have seen his consolers, he might have despaired.
London's Heart | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonShelf after shelf stretched across the long wall, with its company of mute consolers whose master was no more.
At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern | Myrtle ReedAmongst these consolers Antony observes a bald man in a black tunic, a portion of whose face is plainly visible.
The Temptation of St. Antony | Gustave FlaubertTo a friend in any difficulty she was the most comfortable of advisers, the wisest of consolers.
Mary Lamb | Anne Burrows Gilchrist
British Dictionary definitions for console (1 of 2)
/ (kənˈsəʊl) /
to serve as a source of comfort to (someone) in disappointment, loss, sadness, etc
Origin of console
1Derived forms of console
- consolable, adjective
- consoler, noun
- consolingly, adverb
British Dictionary definitions for console (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒnsəʊl) /
an ornamental bracket, esp one used to support a wall fixture, bust, etc
the part of an organ comprising the manuals, pedals, stops, etc
a unit on which the controls of an electronic system are mounted
same as games console
a cabinet for a television, gramophone, etc, designed to stand on the floor
See console table
Origin of console
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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