Question 1 · Quick check
console
CEFRB1
/ˈkɒn.səʊl/
verb · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To comfort someone who is sad.
- 02
noun
A control panel for a machine or electronic system.
Examples
How do you console a woman who has just lost her only child?
The Nintendo DS is a popular handheld game console.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈkɑn.soʊl/
- /ˈkɔn.sol/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsA desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.
noun
Extra meaningA stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.
More examples
In contextConsoles continue to gain traction in the video game market.
Could you put my phone in the centre console?
The film's music blared from the console.
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Origin
verb
Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”...