consolationcon‧so‧la‧tion /ˌkɒnsəˈleɪʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 
The only consolation for the team is that they get a chance to play the game again. If it’s any consolation, things do get easier as the child gets older. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.be little/no consolation The fact that there has been a reduction in crime is little consolation to victims of crime.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It was difficult to say goodbye, but I took some consolation from the fact that I would see her again at the end of the year.
- It was some consolation to know that he could take the exam again.
- My one consolation is that she died peacefully.
- Students sought consolation from school counselors.
- I argued, I fought, but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible; it gave him some strange consolation.
- Nothing like a consolation for a dreary, drafty meal.
- Perhaps if I tried to offer him physical consolation for his imminent loss of Carlo?
- The only consolation was a crowd at the Harvey Hadden Stadium of 2,581, boosted by visiting fans.
- The only consolation, I think she was killed instantly.
- The only slight consolation is the plan to develop the site once the works are completed.
- They had to settle for three consolation points, leaving them second three points below Gresford.
Longman Language Activatora happier feeling after you have been upset, worried, etc
· Emily goes to a women's group for comfort and emotional support.bring/give comfort · Your letter brought me great comfort after John died.· Her faith gave her comfort during a very difficult time.take/draw comfort from · The family has taken some comfort from the fact that her condition has stabilized.
the feeling you have when something worrying or frightening has ended or has not happened: · When the plane finally landed, we all felt a tremendous sense of relief.· It was a great relief to know that the children were safe.that's a relief!/what a relief!: · What a relief! We were so worried about you.· What a relief to finally get away from the office.to your relief (=making you feel relief): · To our relief, the deal went through without any problems.heave/breathe a sigh of relief (=breathe loudly to show your relief): · She breathed a sign of relief when he finally answered the phone.
a thought or fact that makes you feel less disappointed or sad, for example when someone has died or when you have just heard some disappointing news: · It was some consolation to know that he could take the exam again.· My one consolation is that she died peacefully.take (some) consolation: · It was difficult to say goodbye, but I took some consolation from the fact that I would see her again at the end of the year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY If it’s any consolation, things do get easier as the child gets older. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better. The fact that there has been a reduction in crime is little consolation to victims of crime.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
something that makes you feel better when you are sad or disappointedconsolation for/to If it’s any consolation, things do get easier as the child gets older. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better. The fact that there has been a reduction in crime is little consolation to victims of crime. (=one given to someone who has not won)· The runner-up will get a consolation prize of a camera.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The fact that I can write this is little consolation, he wrote.· I had no answers and precious little consolation to offer him to mitigate the facts.· But that's little consolation for staff at Tewkesbury, or the town's economy.· Others are owed much more, but that's little consolation.· But that will offer little consolation to the company's long-suffering shareholders.
· The only slight consolation is the plan to develop the site once the works are completed.· The only consolation was a crowd at the Harvey Hadden Stadium of 2,581, boosted by visiting fans.· The only consolation is that he wouldn't have felt a thing.· The only consolation was that a series of valuable recces had been carried out in an area they had not previously visited.· The only consolation I have is that he did not make me pregnant.· The only minor consolation was that prices had fallen just after the war, though that situation was not to last long.· My only consolation was that, much to my astonishment, the bird dropped the fish.· The only consolation was that this was a slight improvement on 1987 when Dagenham fell 14 percent short of target.
· This is small consolation for her family, who she feels have been robbed of a healthy husband and active father.· Still, all those years together are probably small consolation, if any, to him right now.· And if he too was stumped, it would be no small consolation to my ego.
NOUN· And the oldies get a consolation goal off the woodwork but the ref says it's all over.· Craighton added a fifth for Chatteris and Dave Lee netted a consolation goal for the Shrimpers four minutes from time.· Ling and Martin were the scorers, and their goalkeeper, Sansome, saved a penalty before Juryeff's late consolation goal.· Green scored from a penalty stroke and a fine open-play goal before Yvonne Ayshford got Midlands' consolation goal almost on time.· Colin Johnson scored Dartford's consolation goal.· Paul Wharton got the consolation goal.· With two minutes left Sneddon scored a consolation goal for Banbridge.· Comrades however had the last say when Dean Gordon grabbed a consolation goal for them on the stroke of full time.
· Hendry, who compiled a clearance of 123 in the tenth frame, collected the consolation prize of £14,000.· The consolation prize for picking four of six numbers in Lotto also is predetermined.· A merger with Rediffusion for the weekday contract was a consolation prize for them both.
VERB· In Drenthe, feeling more than ever the despised outcast, he found consolation in a human resting place.· Like Kathy, she had found great spiritual consolation at Holy Trinity in the wake of a broken marriage.· Aha, he thought, hoping to find some consolation in this.
· It offers meagre consolation for Mr Barak after Monday's killing in Jerusalem.· In the meantime, the lights of the Crown Hotel offered some consolation.· Perhaps if I tried to offer him physical consolation for his imminent loss of Carlo?· Some one had said that nowadays doctors had to double as priests, offering general consolation and advice to their patients.· I will offer the best consolation I can.· But that will offer little consolation to the company's long-suffering shareholders.
· Colin Johnson scored Dartford's consolation goal.· In the final minute Gala prop Timmy Walker scored a consolation try which Maitland converted.· With two minutes left Sneddon scored a consolation goal for Banbridge.· Darlington scored a late consolation goal through Paul Adamson.
· It was finished, obviously, and he had to take consolation in the fine line be-tween biology and spirit.· Again, he took consolation in the larger picture.
The only consolation for the team is that they get a chance to play the game again. If it’s any consolation, things do get easier as the child gets older. He had the consolation of knowing that he couldn’t have done any better.be little/no consolation The fact that there has been a reduction in crime is little consolation to victims of crime.