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# sympathize

verb (sympathize, sympathizes, sympathized, sympathizing); American spelling of «sympathise»

«sympathize» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To sympathize is to feel for someone in trouble, or to understand their feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/#m1)
2. To sympathize with an idea is to support it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales a person who shares another's trouble or trusts their side; in lessons the same meaning as «sympathise», in the American spelling

### Examples

- The policeman sympathized with the old man. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/#x1)
- No one sympathized with his little plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/#x2)
- We sympathize with you quite as much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sympathize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathize/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sympathize» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sympathize.html) on Mova free.