Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Canada, US, intransitive)To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected; to feel for.

    mitfühlen

    сочу́вствоватьsočúvstvovatʹ, симпатизи́роватьsimpatizírovatʹ

    to feel or express sympathy or compassion

  2. (Canada, US, intransitive)To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action).

  3. (Canada, US, transitive)To say in an expression of sympathy.

  4. (Canada, US, intransitive)To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.

  5. (Canada, US, intransitive)To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.

  6. (Canada, US, obsolete, transitive)To share (a feeling or experience).

    share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Tom sympathized with Mary.

    Том співчував Мері.

    ruТом сочувствовал Мэри.

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  2. Everyone sympathized with Tom.

    Усі співчували Тому.

    ruВсе сочувствовали Тому.

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  3. She sympathized with those unfortunate people.

    ruОна сочувствовала тем несчастным.

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  4. I sympathize with you from the bottom of my heart.

    deIch fühle mit dir von ganzem Herzen.

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  5. I sympathize with you.

    ruЯ тебе сочувствую.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to show sympathy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to show sympathy:

Origin

Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ize. Displaced native O

Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ize. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwian (literally “to suffer with or together”).

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Forms

sympathizes, sympathizing, sympathized, sympathized
Base formsympathize · to sympathize
3rd person singularsympathizes
Present participlesympathizing
Past simplesympathized
Past participlesympathized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysympathize
he, she, itsympathizes

Past simpleLesson

all personssympathized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sympathized
he, she, ithas sympathized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sympathize

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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