Meaning of consolation | Babel Free
ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃənDefinitions
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The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled. countable, uncountable
- The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled
- A consoling in time of grief or pain:comfort, solace.
- The prize or benefit for the loser
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The prize or benefit for the loser. countable, uncountable
- to comfort. She could not console the weeping child. troos, opbeur يُعَزّي، يُسَلّس، يُؤاسي утешавам consolar utěšit trösten trøste παρηγορώconsolar lohutama تسلی دادن؛ آرام کردن lohduttaa consoler לְנָחֵם सान्त्वना देना tješiti menghibur hugga consolare 慰める 위로하다 (nu)raminti, (pa)guosti mierināt pujuk troostentrøste pocieszać دلاسا كول، كرارول consolar a consola утешать utešiť tolažiti utešiti trösta ปลอบใจ teselli etmek 安慰 утішати تسلى دينا، دلاسہ دينا an ủi 安慰
- A consolation goal
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A consolation goal. countable, uncountable
- The act or an instance of consoling.
- One that consoles; a comfort: Your kindness was a consolation to me in my grief.
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Sports A second, smaller tournament or round of play for participants who have been eliminated before the final of a tournament, often to determine third and fourth place. Sports
- the act of consoling or state of being consoled; solace
- a person or thing that is a source of comfort in a time of suffering, grief, disappointment, etc
- the act of consoling; solace.
- the state of being consoled.
- someone or something that consoles.
Equivalents
Examples
“Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]”
“[I]f Charles is undone, He'll find half his Acquaintance ruin'd too, and that, you know, is a consolation—”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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