All 5 Uses
console
in
White Noise, by Don DeLillo
(Edited)
- I was inconsolable, withdrew completely into myself.
Part 1 *inconsolable = too sad to be comfortedstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconsolable means not and reverses the meaning of consolable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- We drove to the state trooper barracks and talked to a female clerk who sat behind a computer console.
Part 1 *console = video monitor
- The inconsolable crying went on.
Part 1inconsolable = too sad to be comfortedstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inconsolable means not and reverses the meaning of consolable. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- They took my samples away, sat me down at a computer console.
Part 3console = video monitor
- Someone sat typing at a console, transmitting a message to the machine that would make my body transparent.
Part 3console = location of the controls for electrical equipment
Definitions:
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(1)
(console as in: console her grief) to comfort (emotionally)
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(2)
(console as in: plug it into the console) controls or video monitor(s) for electrical equipment; or a cabinet made to hold electronic equipment
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, console can refer to a storage compartment between the bucket seats of a car.