consoleverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈsəʊl/us/kənˈsoʊl/to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better by giving them comfort or sympathy:
He tried to console her, but she kept saying it was all her own fault.
I tried to console her with a box of chocolates.
UK I was consoling Liz on having broken up with her boyfriend.
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Reassuring
- assure
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- calm (sb) down
- comforting
- consolation
- consoling
- consolingly
- convince
- emollient
- get (sth) through (to sb)
- heartened
- heartening
- lift
- lighten
- mind
- no news is good news idiom
- reassuring
- should
- they should worry! idiom
- weight
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consolenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒn.səʊl/us/ˈkɑːn.soʊl/a surface on which you find the controls for a piece of electrical equipment or a machine:
a gaming console
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Machines - parts
- ball bearing
- bearing
- clutch
- cog
- cogwheel
- hub
- inlet
- input
- jet
- lever
- manifold
- pedal
- rack and pinion
- ram
- ratchet
- soft key
- stepney
- timer
- vee belt
- wheel
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