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Parts of Speech for Console

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Gramatical Hierarchy

  • Noun
    • Countable noun
  • Verb
    • Verb with objects
    • Transitive verb

Grammatically «Console» is a noun, to be more precise even a transitive verb. But also it is used as a verb, specifically a transitive verb. Part of speech depends on meaning of this word.

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1. Office Button – Click the Office
Button to find a drop down menu containing options, such as: open, save, and

print. Also shows previously opened
files, which you may choose to “pin” them to make them “permanent”

choices.

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strip of buttons and icons located above the work area in Word 2007. The Ribbon

replaces the menus and toolbars found
in earlier versions of Word. Each ribbon contains groups of command

buttons with common purpose. Each
ribbon contains 7 tabs.

3. Tab Selector
button

You can easily set tab stops by clicking on the desired position on the ruler.
This button

allows you to determine which type of
tab will be set left aligned , right aligned , center aligned or

decimal tab . Clicking on this button
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are typing/what will print out

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customized by right-clicking and selecting desired options. Desired options may

include page number/number of total
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allow you to change the way you view your document on the screen. From

left to right they are: print layout,
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clicking anywhere on the status bar
and checking/unchecking View shortcuts.

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increase/decrease the amount of the document you see on the screen.

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Allows you to view/hide the rulers.

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Button

At the top of the vertical scroll bar is a new button. Just below the double
arrow is a tiny

button that looks like a minus sign
that lets you split your screen in two when double-clicked. Double-clicking it
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second time will unsplit your screen.

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entire workbook by moving it up, down (vertical scroll bar), left or right
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scroll bar).

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Move

the triangle to the right of the
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triangle at the margin will keep the
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with a common purpose are clustered together. Each ribbon contains several
groups.

Some groups, but not all, contain a
quick launch bar (dialogue box launcher) in the bottom right hand corner.

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It
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groups. When clicked, it will bring up
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Inflections of ‘console‘ (v): (⇒ conjugate)
consoles
v 3rd person singular
consoling
v pres p
consoled
v past
consoled
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

con•sole1 /kənˈsoʊl/USA pronunciation  
v. [+ object], -soled, -sol•ing. 

  1. to lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of;
    give comfort to:Nothing could console her after the death of her children.

con•sol•a•ble, adj. 
con•sol•er, n. [countable]
con•sol•ing•ly, adv. See -sola-.

con•sole2 /ˈkɑnsoʊl/USA pronunciation  
n. [countable]

  1. Furniturea television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor.
  2. Computingthe control unit of a computer, including the keyboard and monitor.
  3. the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system:the console of a pipe organ.
  4. Automotivea storage container mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

con•sole1 
(kən sōl),USA pronunciation v.t., -soled, -sol•ing. 

  1. to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of;
    give solace or comfort:Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • Latin consōlārī, equivalent. to con- con— + sōlārī to soothe (see solace); perh. akin to Old English sǣl happiness (see seely)
  • French consoler)
  • (1685–95

con•sola•ble, adj. 
con•soler, n. 
con•soling•ly, adv. 

    See comfort1. 



con•sole2 
(konsōl),USA pronunciation n. 

  1. Furniturea television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.
  2. Computingthe control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.
  3. Music and Dancea desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.
  4. Furniturea small cabinet standing on the floor and having doors.
  5. FurnitureSee console table. 
  6. the control unit of a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system:the console that controls a theater’s lighting system.
  7. Architecturean ornamental corbel or bracket, esp. one high in relation to its projection.
  8. Automotivea tray or container typically divided into compartments, mounted between bucket seats, and used for storing small items.
  9. Naval Terms[Naut.]a unit on a vessel containing steering apparatus, systems monitoring equipment, etc.:a bridge console, an engine-room console.
  • Late Latin consōlātor; see console1, —ator), perh. because such supports served as rests in choir stalls, etc; compare misericord
  • French; Middle French consolle bracket or support, apparently shortening of consolateur (attested in Middle French with same sense) literally, one who consoles (
  • 1700–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

console /kənˈsəʊl/ vb

  1. to serve as a source of comfort to (someone) in disappointment, loss, sadness, etc

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin consōlārī, from sōlārī to comfort; see solace

conˈsolable adj conˈsoler n conˈsolingly adv

console /ˈkɒnsəʊl/ n

  1. an ornamental bracket, esp one used to support a wall fixture, bust, etc
  2. the part of an organ comprising the manuals, pedals, stops, etc
  3. a unit on which the controls of an electronic system are mounted
  4. a cabinet for a television, gramophone, etc, designed to stand on the floor
  5. See console table

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, shortened from Old French consolateur one that provides support, hence, supporting bracket, from Latin consōlātor a comforter; see console1

console‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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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.’

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONSOLE

From Latin consōlārī, from sōlārī to comfort.

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONSOLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONSOLE

Console is a verb.

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

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONSOLE

Synonyms and antonyms of console in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «CONSOLE»

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

Translation of «console» into 25 languages

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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

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish


consolar

570 millions of speakers

English


console

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi


सांत्वना

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic


وحدة التحكم

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian


консоль

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese


consolar

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali


কনসোল

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French


consoler

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay


Konsol

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German


trösten

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese


慰める

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean


위로하다

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese


Console

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese


giao diện điều khiển

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil


கன்சோல்

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi


कन्सोल

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish


konsol

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian


consolare

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish


konsola

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian


консоль

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian


consolă

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek


κονσόλα

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans


konsole

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish


konsol

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian


konsoll

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of console

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSOLE»

The term «console» is very widely used and occupies the 5.750 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

Trends

FREQUENCY

Very widely used

The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «console» in the different countries.

Principal search tendencies and common uses of console

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «console».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONSOLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «console» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «console» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about console

10 QUOTES WITH «CONSOLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word console.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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»

Discover the use of console in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to console and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

1

Console and Classify: The French Psychiatric Profession in …

«Goldstein has raised our understanding of the politics of psychiatric professionalization on to a new plane.»—Roy Porter, Times Higher Education Supplement «[A]n historiographical tour de force, quite simply the most insightful work on …

2

Game Console Hacking: Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Game Boy, …

This book builds on the motto of «Have Fun While Voiding Your Warranty» and will appeal to the community of hardware geeks who associate unscrewing the back of their video console with para-jumping into the perfect storm. * Providing a …

Joe Grand, Albert Yarusso, 2004

3

Console Wars: Sega Vs Nintendo — and the Battle that Defined …

Console Wars is the underdog tale of how Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punchline into a market leader.

Blake J. Harris, Blake Harris, 2014

4

The Black Art of Video Game Console Design

This book assumes no prior knowledge of Electrical Engineering or Computer Architecture, but takes you on a breathtaking journey from atomic semiconductor theory to the design and construction of basic video game consoles that you can build …

5

Console Confessions: The Great Music Producers in Their Own …

(Book). Compiled from industry leader EQ magazine, Console Confessions gathers first-person stories from the top names in music production.

6

Understanding Audio: Getting the Most Out of Your Project Or …

The. Recording. Console. Now that we have discussed how to interpret and
create signal flowcharts, as well as a gained a grasp of recording studio signal
flow and function, let’s look more closely at the heart of the recording studio: the …

7

SAS 9.2 Management Console: Guide to Users and Permissions

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

8

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.

Jurgen Berndt, Carlos Enrique Olmos, Sergio Console, 2003

9

VINTROPEDIA — Vintage Computer and Retro Console Price Guide …

Michael Starr, Craig Chapple. veb tv spiel (black case / orange buttons) de 1977
ay-3-8500 cpu. unknown colours. n/a ram /bit 20.00 veb tv spiel (black case /
yellow butons) de 1977 ay-3-8500 cpu. unknown colours. n/a ram /bit 20.00
venture …

Michael Starr, Craig Chapple, 2008

10

Readings in model-based diagnosis

By Walter Hamscheil.

Walter Hamscher, Luca Console, Johan De Kleer, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONSOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term console is used in the context of the following news items.

Sega’s Making a New Console Game and Wants to Regain Trust …

When asked about the possibility of seeing a new console game come out in the back half of the year, Satomi said that he couldn’t make that … «Twinfinite, Jul 15»

Shuhei Yoshida Comments on Nintendo PlayStation Console

Just last week, we posted a story about the “Nintendo PlayStation” console that never saw the light of day. Confused? In case you didn’t know, … «PlayStation LifeStyle, Jul 15»

Special Destiny: The Taken King Edition PS4 Console Arriving in …

The console is exclusive to Europe, Australia and New Zealand according to Sony, but VG24/7 reports that it will also be available in North … «Game Rant, Jul 15»

Console Classics Bringing Select PS One Games to Steam

A publisher by the name of Console Classics is working to bring a selection of games for the original PlayStation to Steam. Console Classics … «NZGamer.com, Jul 15»

Ars reader: So a guy walks into my shop with an Infinium Phantom …

As Schlesinger tells it, a console collector brought the Phantom prototype in to Microtek Systems—his computer repair shop in Venice, … «Ars Technica, Jul 15»

Google Cloud Console App Misses The Mark For iOS Users

The console, previously only accessible via web interface, allows the monitoring of GCP resources, as well as the ability to access the Google … «InformationWeek, Jul 15»

NVIDIA SHIELD Console Gets Minor Upgrade To Version 1.3 With …

The NVIDIA SHIELD gaming console happens to double as the best Android TV set-top box on the market. Starting at $200, it’s also a pricey … «Android Police, Jul 15»

Here’s the winner of our Pimp your Console competition

Not very long ago at all, we told you about the chaps from CC Entertainment, and how they could add a dash of magic to your consoles thanks … «Lazygamer, Jul 15»

Xbox One Firmware Update Prepares Console for Windows 10 …

The team at Microsoft in charge of the Xbox One is announcing that a new firmware update for the home console is at the moment being … «Softpedia News, Jul 15»

New PS4 uses a fifth less power

I learned my lesson with the last generation of console hardware in terms of choosing when to buy. I’ve gone through three Xbox 360 models, … «Geek, Jul 15»

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During the somber, peaceful service, which lasted a little more than an hour, Verner’s family, friends and fellow students consoled one another.


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The meeting, held in a country raw from killings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, exposed a paradox of American mayoralty: When mass violence happens, mayors are the ones who must deliver the grim details, console their cities, and field questions about how the gunman might have been stopped.


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