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- Sony has taken to giving a stock answer to questions about the PlayStation 3's last-place showing in the console race: we're in it for the long haul, and our console is a "ten-year" console.

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  1. transitive verb To allay the sorrow or grief of. See Synonyms at comfort.
  2. noun A cabinet for a radio, television set, or phonograph, designed to stand on the floor.
  3. noun A small freestanding storage cabinet.
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  • In the center of the console was a light gray screen a meter square. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 06 - December 2001
  • I can't say I feel like either console was a waste (I use their media features a lot), but I don't like the future at all. —  videolamer.com
  • Tethering a music game singing virtuoso to a console is a sad, sad thing, especially since the cords are never long enough to allow for the sort of microphone acrobatics perfected by The ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • At the front of the console is a standard three-prong, —  Mississauga News
  • I have to say that no matter how well a console is able to pull off a FPS, it is trumped by the quick and ease of use of a keyboard / mouse combo. —  WarCry Network : Latest News
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

PC ·  monitor ·  bookshelf ·  workstations ·  controller ·  panel ·  processors ·  TV ·  keyboard ·  terminal ·  circuitry ·  appliance

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console:   consoles ·  consoled ·  consoling
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cōnsōlārī : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + sōlārī, to comfort.
  2. French, perhaps short for consolider, to strengthen, from Latin cōnsolidāre; see consolidate.

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  1. from French consoler: = Spanish Portuguese consolar = Italian consolare, from Latin consolari, dep., also active consolare, console, cheer, comfort, from com-, together, + solari, console, solace: see solace.
  2. = D. G. Swedish console = Danish konsol, from French console, a bracket; of uncertain origin; perhaps ult. from Latin consolidare, make solid: see consolidate.
 

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