~ sb / yourself (with sth) to give comfort or sympathy to sb who is unhappy or disappointed:
[VN] Nothing could console him when his wife died. * She put a consoling arm around his shoulders. * Console yourself with the thought that you did your best. * [VNthat] I didn't like lying but I consoled myself that it was for a good cause. * [VNspeech] 'Never mind,' Anne consoled her.
Part of speech: noun
a flat surface which contains all the controls and switches for a machine, a piece of electronic equipment, etc.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is console a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, console is tagged as verb.
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