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console

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[ kuhn-sohl ]

verb (used with object)

consoled, consoling.
  1. to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort:

    Even his children could not console him when his wife died.



console

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[ kon-sohl ]

noun

  1. Also called game(s) console,. a computer system specially made for playing video 亚洲网紅露点 by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
  2. the control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.
  3. a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.
  4. a desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.
  5. a small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
  6. the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system:

    the console that controls a theater's lighting system.

  7. Architecture. an ornamental corbel or bracket, especially one high in relation to its projection.
  8. Automotive. a tray or container typically divided into compartments, mounted between bucket seats, and used for storing small items.
  9. Nautical. a unit on a vessel containing steering apparatus, systems monitoring equipment, etc.:

    a bridge console, an engine-room console.

console

1

/ 办蓹苍藞蝉蓹蕣濒 /

verb

  1. to serve as a source of comfort to (someone) in disappointment, loss, sadness, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

console

2

/ 藞办蓲苍蝉蓹蕣濒 /

noun

  1. an ornamental bracket, esp one used to support a wall fixture, bust, etc
  2. the part of an organ comprising the manuals, pedals, stops, etc
  3. a unit on which the controls of an electronic system are mounted
  4. a cabinet for a television, gramophone, etc, designed to stand on the floor
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞蝉辞濒补产濒别, adjective
  • 肠辞苍藞蝉辞濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 肠辞苍藞蝉辞濒别谤, noun
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  • 肠辞苍路蝉辞濒路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 肠辞苍路蝉辞濒路别谤 noun
  • in路肠辞苍路蝉辞濒路补路产濒别 adjective
  • un路肠辞苍路蝉辞濒路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路蝉辞濒路补路产濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路蝉辞濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of console1

First recorded in 1685鈥95; either from French consoler or directly from Latin 肠辞苍蝉艒濒腻谤墨, equivalent to con- con- + 蝉艒濒腻谤墨 鈥渢o soothe鈥 ( solace ); perhaps akin to Old English 蝉牵濒 鈥渉appiness鈥 ( seely )

Origin of console2

First recorded in 1700鈥10; from French; Middle French consolle 鈥渂racket, support,鈥 apparently shortening of consolateur (attested in Middle French with same sense), literally, 鈥渙ne who consoles鈥 (from Late Latin 肠辞苍蝉艒濒腻迟辞谤; console 1none, -ator none ), perhaps because such supports served as rests in choir stalls, etc.; misericord none
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of console1

C17: from Latin 肠辞苍蝉艒濒腻谤墨, from 蝉艒濒腻谤墨 to comfort; see solace

Origin of console2

C18: from French, shortened from Old French consolateur one that provides support, hence, supporting bracket, from Latin 肠辞苍蝉艒濒腻迟辞谤 a comforter; see console 1
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Researchers at Durham University found that chimpanzees were as likely to console one another as bonobos - even though the latter is typically considered the more "empathic" primate.

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"Gaming consoles will no longer be repurposed to kill in Ukraine," Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said.

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It was a fine line to walk, but in my years with the show, we caught hundreds of criminals and helped console thousands of suffering crime victims.

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Skyrim then released five years later to a massive response, selling more than 40 million copies across generations of consoles - it has been re-released on two generations of consoles since it first came out.

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We knew before the game even made its way to our PlayStation consoles, it asked us to reassess who is good, who is evil and if anyone can, or should be, saved.

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