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To offer comfort or aid in an attempt to lessen sadness or trouble.

Watch out! You may see this word with another pronunciation and its meaning is then different.
Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To offer comfort or aid in an attempt to lessen sadness or trouble. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Panel containing controls.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Pete did his best to console his wife after she lost her job.
  • Verb (used with object), : Only his children could console him when his wife died
  • I would agree with you, but the console is the medium, not the cutscene.
  • Less companies in console business = less competition.
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  • ''console" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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