console1

verb

/kənˈsəʊl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they console	/kənˈsəʊl/ /kənˈsəʊl/
he / she / it consoles	/kənˈsəʊlz/ /kənˈsəʊlz/
past simple consoled	/kənˈsəʊld/ /kənˈsəʊld/
past participle consoled	/kənˈsəʊld/ /kənˈsəʊld/
-ing form consoling	/kənˈsəʊlɪŋ/ /kənˈsəʊlɪŋ/

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to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed synonym comfort
- console somebody/yourself Nothing could console him when his wife died.
- She put a consoling arm around his shoulders.
- console somebody/yourself with something Console yourself with the thought that you did your best.
- console somebody/yourself that… I didn't like lying but I consoled myself that it was for a good cause.
- console somebody + speech ‘Never mind,’ Anne consoled her.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (replacing earlier consolate): from French consoler, from Latin consolari, from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’.

console2

noun

/ˈkɒnsəʊl/

/ˈkɑːnsəʊl/

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a flat surface that contains all the controls and switches for a machine, a piece of electronic equipment, etc.Topics Engineeringc2, Computersc2
(also games console)
a small electronic device for playing video gamesTopics Games and toysb2

Word Originmid 17th cent. originally relating to an ornamented bracket: from French, perhaps from consolider, from Latin consolidare, from con- ‘together’ + solidare ‘make firm’.