console²

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kənˈsoʊl/ UK /kənˈsəʊl/ See IPA manual

verb

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Homographs: console¹ /ˈkɑn.soʊl/ — noun

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

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verb
To comfort someone who is sad or disappointed.

She tried to console her friend after the bad news.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to comfort someone who is... comfort soothe cheer solace

Etymology

Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace).

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Actions & Processes

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