Meaning of "console" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONSOLE

From Latin consōlārī, from sōlārī to comfort.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONSOLE

console  [kənˈsəʊl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSOLE

Console is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb console in English.

WHAT DOES CONSOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of console in the English dictionary

The definition of console in the dictionary is to serve as a source of comfort to in disappointment, loss, sadness, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONSOLE

PRESENT

Present

I console

you console

he/she/it consoles

we console

you console

they console

Present continuous

I am consoling

you are consoling

he/she/it is consoling

we are consoling

you are consoling

they are consoling

Present perfect

I have consoled

you have consoled

he/she/it has consoled

we have consoled

you have consoled

they have consoled

Present perfect continuous

I have been consoling

you have been consoling

he/she/it has been consoling

we have been consoling

you have been consoling

they have been consoling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I consoled

you consoled

he/she/it consoled

we consoled

you consoled

they consoled

Past continuous

I was consoling

you were consoling

he/she/it was consoling

we were consoling

you were consoling

they were consoling

Past perfect

I had consoled

you had consoled

he/she/it had consoled

we had consoled

you had consoled

they had consoled

Past perfect continuous

I had been consoling

you had been consoling

he/she/it had been consoling

we had been consoling

you had been consoling

they had been consoling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will console

you will console

he/she/it will console

we will console

you will console

they will console

Future continuous

I will be consoling

you will be consoling

he/she/it will be consoling

we will be consoling

you will be consoling

they will be consoling

Future perfect

I will have consoled

you will have consoled

he/she/it will have consoled

we will have consoled

you will have consoled

they will have consoled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been consoling

you will have been consoling

he/she/it will have been consoling

we will have been consoling

you will have been consoling

they will have been consoling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would console

you would console

he/she/it would console

we would console

you would console

they would console

Conditional continuous

I would be consoling

you would be consoling

he/she/it would be consoling

we would be consoling

you would be consoling

they would be consoling

Conditional perfect

I would have console

you would have console

he/she/it would have console

we would have console

you would have console

they would have console

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been consoling

you would have been consoling

he/she/it would have been consoling

we would have been consoling

you would have been consoling

they would have been consoling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you console
we let´s console
you console

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to console

Past participle

consoled

Present Participle

consoling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CONSOLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «console» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of console

assuage · calm · cheer · comfort · encourage · relieve · solace · soothe · succour · support

TRANSLATION OF CONSOLE

Find out the translation of console to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of console from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «console» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 安慰
• Translator English - Spanish: consolar
• English: console
• Translator English - Hindi: सांत्वना
• Translator English - Arabic: وحدة التحكم
• Translator English - Russian: консоль
• Translator English - Portuguese: consolar
• Translator English - Bengali: কনসোল
• Translator English - French: consoler
• Translator English - Malay: Konsol
• Translator English - German: trösten
• Translator English - Japanese: 慰める
• Translator English - Korean: 위로하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Console
• Translator English - Vietnamese: giao diện điều khiển
• Translator English - Tamil: கன்சோல்
• Translator English - Marathi: कन्सोल
• Translator English - Turkish: konsol
• Translator English - Italian: consolare
• Translator English - Polish: konsola
• Translator English - Ukrainian: консоль
• Translator English - Romanian: consolă
• Translator English - Greek: κονσόλα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: konsole
• Translator English - Swedish: konsol
• Translator English - Norwegian: konsoll

10 QUOTES WITH «CONSOLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word console.

1

J Allard

We didn't have our online service developed. We had never shipped a console game before as a company. So we were developing a lot of new competencies as a company and assembling a new team.

2

J Allard

We're going to do something that's really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It's never been done before.

3

Francis Bacon

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

4

John Carmack

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

5

Democritus

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.

6

Chris DeWolfe

If you look at the evolution of games from console to Internet to mobile, and look at social networking from Web to mobile, everything is fragmenting.

7

Chris DeWolfe

There's established gaming IP that's coming from console to mobile, which is interesting. Everything is converging a little bit toward mobile devices in the living room. On the casual side, the graphics and animation and game design and all of those variables are improving.

8

Marguerite Duras

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.

9

Sebastian Faulks

Certainly, we all have within us the potential to live in a hugely different way. And how happy you can make yourself, I think, a lot depends on how much you beat yourself up about that; and how much you can, in some sort of providential way, console yourself and say, 'Well, it's all worked out for the best, in the best of all possible worlds.'

10

Martin H. Fischer

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONSOLE»

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André LaMothe, 2006

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Anthony Savona, 2005

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Daniel M. Thompson, 2005

SAS 9.2 Management Console: Guide to Users and Permissions

This document helps you use SAS Management Console to manage access and users.

SAS Institute, 2009

Submanifolds and Holonomy

With special emphasis on new techniques based on the holonomy of the normal connection, this book provides a modern, self-contained introduction to submanifold geometry.

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By Walter Hamscheil.

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