CONSOLATION


Meaning of CONSOLATION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great

▪ small

VERB + CONSOLATION

▪ have

She had the ~ of coming second in her last race of the day.

▪ seek

She tends to seek ~ in food.

▪ draw ( esp. BrE ), find , take

He drew little ~ from this fact.

When her mother died, she found ~ in her religious beliefs.

Although we lost the game, we took some ~ from the fact that we played well.

▪ bring (sb) , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)

The next game will probably offer them the ~ of winning.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

▪ ~ to

The children were a great ~ to me at that time.

PHRASES

▪ be (of) little ~ to sb , be (of) small ~ to sb , be (of) some ~ to sb

This news was of little ~ to us.

▪ if it is any ~ (to sb)

If it's any ~ to you, the weather here is also awful.

▪ sb's one ~ , sb's only ~

When she lost her job, her only ~ was that she had some savings in the bank.

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