Other forms: consoled; consoling; consoles
Perhaps you avoid babysitting your baby brother because you're worried that if he starts to cry, you won’t be able to console him or make him feel better. Or maybe you just hate changing diapers.
You usually try to console someone by providing encouragement and offering solace. Others try to console themselves with tubs of ice cream. From the Latin word consolari, meaning “to comfort,” the noun console can also describe a central control panel. In an automobile, the controls for both the radio and air-conditioning are in the same center console.
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give moral or emotional strength totypes:calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillizemake calm or stilllullcalm by deceptioncomposecalm (someone, especially oneself); make quietappease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placatecause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will ofabreactdischarge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
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a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)type of:scientific instrumentan instrument used by scientists
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housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
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a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wallsynonyms: console tabletype of:tablea piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
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an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture)
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