Console meaning

kən-sōl'
The definition of a console is a storage compartment or cabinet.

An example of console is where people store items in their car.

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Console means to comfort someone.

An example of console is visiting with a friend whose husband has just left her for another woman.

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A program interface for managing networks or software, or a terminal consisting of a computer monitor and a computer keyboard.
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A small storage compartment mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.
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A small, freestanding cabinet, especially one housing a television or stereo equipment.
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An often scroll-shaped bracket used for decoration or for supporting a projecting member, such as a cornice or shelf.
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A console table.
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A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.
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The keyboard and monitor, considered as a unit by which a user provides input and receives output from a central processing unit.
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An instrument panel.
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To make feel less sad or disappointed; comfort.
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An ornamental bracket for supporting a shelf, bust, cornice, etc.
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The desklike frame containing the keys, stops, pedals, and other controls of an organ.
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A radio, television, or phonograph cabinet designed to stand on the floor.
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An instrument panel or unit, containing gauges and the controls for operating aircraft, automobiles, computers, and other electrical or electronic systems.
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A raised portion between bucket seats in an automobile, containing storage compartments, switches and controls, a gearshift, etc.
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(1) The physical control panel on a computer or electronic device.
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A control unit or terminal, including a display and keyboard, that an operator or administrator uses to communicate with and control a computer system such as a central office (CO), PBX, or general-purpose computer.
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The keyboard and display components of a personal computer (PC), or microcomputer.
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A cabinet designed to stand on the floor, especially one that houses home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
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To allay the sorrow or grief of (someone).
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The desklike part of an organ that contains the keyboard, stops, and pedals.
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A computer system designed to play a specific format of video game using special controllers and a separate display, such as a television.
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A cabinet that controls, instruments, and displays are mounted upon.
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The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.
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A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.
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(video games) A device dedicated to playing video games, set apart from arcade cabinets by its ability to change games.
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(architecture) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
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To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.
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Origin of console

French consoler from Old French from Latin cōnsōlārī com- intensive pref. com– sōlārī to comfort

Sentence Examples

  • He returned to the console and turned it off.

  • We were a pair of sobbing women trying to console each other.

  • I suppose I should have tried to console her, but I was peeved.

  • They knew there was little more they could do or say to console the lonely child.

  • Heracles, on his way back from the land of the Amazons, offered to slay the monster and release Hesione, on condition that he should receive the wonderful horses presented by Zeus to Tros, the father of Ganymede, to console him for the loss of his son.

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