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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sym•pa•thize /ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [no object* ( ~ + with + object)], -thized, -thiz•ing. - to feel or show sympathy:Believe me, I can sympathize with her situation.
- to express compassion for someone in order to comfort:He tried to sympathize with her over the loss of her father.
- to have the same or similar feeling as (a person, group, etc.):They sympathize with the mayor in his frustration over working with the city council.
sym•pa•thiz•er, n. [countable]See -path-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sym•pa•thize (sim′pə thīz′),USA pronunciation v.i., -thized, -thiz•ing. - to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling;
share in a feeling (often fol. by with). - to feel a compassionate sympathy, as for suffering or trouble (often fol. by with).
- to express sympathy or condole (often fol. by with).
- to be in approving accord, as with a person or cause:to sympathize with a person's aims.
- to agree, correspond, or accord.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] sym′pa•thise′. - Middle French sympathiser, equivalent. to sympath(ie) sympathy + -iser -ize
- 1580–90
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged understand, approve, favor, back, support.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sympathize, sympathise /ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz/ vb (intransitive) often followed by with: - to feel or express compassion or sympathy (for); commiserate: he sympathized with my troubles
- to share or understand the sentiments or ideas (of); be in sympathy (with)
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