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I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
David Eddings

Meaning of "sympathize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYMPATHIZE

sympathize  [ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYMPATHIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sympathize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sympathize in English.

WHAT DOES SYMPATHIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sympathize

Sympathy

Sympathy is the perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another human being. This empathic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint, from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need. Empathy and sympathy are often used interchangeably. Sympathy is a feeling, but the two terms have distinct origins and meanings. Empathy refers to the understanding and sharing of a specific emotional state with another person. Sympathy does not require the sharing of the same emotional state. Instead, sympathy is a concern for the well-being of another. Although sympathy may begin with empathizing with the same emotion another person is feeling, empathy can be extended to other emotional states.

Definition of sympathize in the English dictionary

The definition of sympathize in the dictionary is to feel or express compassion or sympathy ; commiserate. Other definition of sympathize is to share or understand the sentiments or ideas ; be in sympathy.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SYMPATHIZE

PRESENT

Present
I sympathize
you sympathize
he/she/it sympathizes
we sympathize
you sympathize
they sympathize
Present continuous
I am sympathizing
you are sympathizing
he/she/it is sympathizing
we are sympathizing
you are sympathizing
they are sympathizing
Present perfect
I have sympathized
you have sympathized
he/she/it has sympathized
we have sympathized
you have sympathized
they have sympathized
Present perfect continuous
I have been sympathizing
you have been sympathizing
he/she/it has been sympathizing
we have been sympathizing
you have been sympathizing
they have been sympathizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I sympathized
you sympathized
he/she/it sympathized
we sympathized
you sympathized
they sympathized
Past continuous
I was sympathizing
you were sympathizing
he/she/it was sympathizing
we were sympathizing
you were sympathizing
they were sympathizing
Past perfect
I had sympathized
you had sympathized
he/she/it had sympathized
we had sympathized
you had sympathized
they had sympathized
Past perfect continuous
I had been sympathizing
you had been sympathizing
he/she/it had been sympathizing
we had been sympathizing
you had been sympathizing
they had been sympathizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will sympathize
you will sympathize
he/she/it will sympathize
we will sympathize
you will sympathize
they will sympathize
Future continuous
I will be sympathizing
you will be sympathizing
he/she/it will be sympathizing
we will be sympathizing
you will be sympathizing
they will be sympathizing
Future perfect
I will have sympathized
you will have sympathized
he/she/it will have sympathized
we will have sympathized
you will have sympathized
they will have sympathized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been sympathizing
you will have been sympathizing
he/she/it will have been sympathizing
we will have been sympathizing
you will have been sympathizing
they will have been sympathizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would sympathize
you would sympathize
he/she/it would sympathize
we would sympathize
you would sympathize
they would sympathize
Conditional continuous
I would be sympathizing
you would be sympathizing
he/she/it would be sympathizing
we would be sympathizing
you would be sympathizing
they would be sympathizing
Conditional perfect
I would have sympathize
you would have sympathize
he/she/it would have sympathize
we would have sympathize
you would have sympathize
they would have sympathize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been sympathizing
you would have been sympathizing
he/she/it would have been sympathizing
we would have been sympathizing
you would have been sympathizing
they would have been sympathizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you sympathize
we let´s sympathize
you sympathize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to sympathize
Past participle
sympathized
Present Participle
sympathizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYMPATHIZE


advertise
ˈædvəˌtaɪz
analyse
ˈænəˌlaɪz
customize
ˈkʌstəˌmaɪz
empathize
ˈɛmpəˌθaɪz
enterprise
ˈɛntəˌpraɪz
exercise
ˈɛksəˌsaɪz
eyes
aɪz
full-size
ˌfʊlˈsaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
otherwise
ˈʌðəˌwaɪz
prize
praɪz
realize
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
rise
raɪz
size
saɪz
supplies
səˈplaɪz
surprise
səˈpraɪz
sympathise
ˈsɪmpəθaɪz
telepathise
tɪˈlɛpəˌθaɪz
telepathize
tɪˈlɛpəˌθaɪz
wise
waɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYMPATHIZE

sympathectomies
sympathectomy
sympathetic
sympathetic ink
sympathetic magic
sympathetic strike
sympathetically
sympathies
sympathin
sympathique
sympathise
sympathizer
sympatholytic
sympathomimetic
sympathy
sympathy strike
sympatric
sympatrically
sympatry
sympetalous

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYMPATHIZE

anarchize
anthropomorphize
apostrophize
biographize
catechize
eunuchize
fetichize
fetishize
hierarchize
monarchize
philosophize
theosophize

Synonyms and antonyms of sympathize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sympathize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYMPATHIZE

Find out the translation of sympathize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sympathize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sympathize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compadecer
570 millions of speakers

English

sympathize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हमदर्दी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَتَعَاطَفُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сочувствовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compadecer-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহানুভূতি প্রকাশ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plaindre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Simpati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mitfühlen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

同情する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동정하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Simpati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thông cảm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரிதாபப்பட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहानुभूती वाटणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakınlık duymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

simpatizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

współczuć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

співчувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a simpatiza cu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμμερίζομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

simpatiseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sympatisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ha medfølelse med
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sympathize

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYMPATHIZE»

The term «sympathize» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.468 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYMPATHIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sympathize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sympathize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sympathize

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10 QUOTES WITH «SYMPATHIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sympathize.
1
Jamie Bell
I sympathize with every kitchen porter.
2
Neville Chamberlain
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account.
3
Melinda Clarke
I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize.
4
David Eddings
I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
5
Richard Griffiths
It's been the most astonishing year because I've been having a marvelous adventure, and yet I kind of sympathize with people who have to live in exile, because I've so missed England.
6
Takashi Murakami
I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.
7
Daniel Okrent
That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.
8
Albert Pike
Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.
9
Hasso Plattner
Fans don't like owners. They know they are somewhere - actually, in Germany, some owners are anonymous. Fans don't sympathize with owners, so ownership stays in the back.
10
Laura Riding
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed; it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYMPATHIZE»

Discover the use of sympathize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sympathize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Psychology of Sympathy
In any practical sense they are "beyond help," but common sense tells us that of course we sympathize with them. Perhaps we can agree that their importance in the mind — in the cognitive component of sympathy — is almost as vivid and ...
Lauren Wispé, 1991
2
Reflection and the Stability of Belief: Essays on Descartes, ...
As we have seen (#2), in the moral point of view we sympathize from the perspective of a specified group of persons if and only if we sympathize (most intensely) with the persons in the specified group. Against this background, Hume has a ...
Louis E. Loeb, 2010
3
Narrative, Authority, and Law
Second, we sympathize with particular, concrete persons and are moved to combat the harm that confronts them far more readily than we sympathize with groups, situations, or "hypotheticals."43 (Relat- edly, because we tend to sympathize ...
Robin West, 1993
4
Affect Imagery Consciousness: Volume II: The Negative Affects
Thus a parent may sympathize with an infant who cries, but not with the same child after the age of 2. Another may sympathize with a child who cries in pure distress but not when the cry has an undercurrent of anger and complaint, A parent ...
Silvan Tomkins, 1963
5
Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics
Under this head he reviews the leading passions, remarks how far, and why, we can sympathize with each. Chapter I. is on the Passions having their origin in the body. We can sympathize with hunger to a certain limited extent, and in certain ...
Alexander Bain, 1869
6
Handbook of Trust Research
It is part of trust, then, to understand another's cognition and motivation, as a function of conditions, in knowledge-based trust, to sympathize with them in empathy-based trust, or identify with them in identification-based trust. This is clearly ...
Reinhard Bachmann, Akbar Zaheer, 2006
7
The Western Literary Magazine and Journal of Education, ...
SYMPATHIZE WITH ALL. Original. BY A LADY. With the little dimpled child, Who has dropped his precious toyWith him in his pleasures wild— In his happy childish joy—Sympathize. With the daring, dauntless youth, Shaping now his course ...
George Brewster, 1851
8
The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on ...
Of course, I will have fellow feeling with any passion, but I cannot sympathize “till informed of its cause” (I.i.1.8, p. 11). Etymologically, I could sympathize with you if you start crying, regardless the cause, but ac- cording to Smith I could not ...
David M. Levy, Sandra Peart, 2008
9
Explorations in Love and Sex
a woman tearfully watching her home burn down, we might surely sympathize, even though we ourselves have never been in that situation. Of course, at one time or another we too have lost something we cherished, but the fact remains that in ...
Irving Singer, 2001
10
The Letter to the Hebrews: An Introduction and Commentary
Although the ability of our high priest to sympathize with the tempted has already been pointed out (2:18) the same idea is now expressed in a negative way, we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize. Why does the writer change ...
Donald Guthrie, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYMPATHIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sympathize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mexicans sympathize with Panama over controversial CONCACAF …
Mexico's 2-1 victory over Panama in the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals has drawn lots of criticism for the way it was officiated -- by an American referee -- with ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
2
Hall of Fame QB Len Dawson can sympathize with Tom Brady's plight
If anybody asks Len Dawson whether Tom Brady should join him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day, Dawson can answer unequivocally — Deflategate ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
3
I sympathize with the rioters in Baltimore and see the errors of their …
"I've been bullied before; in my case it was in elementary school. One day during recess I decided that this was the last time that my tormenter was going to call ... «Charleston City Paper, May 15»
4
Europeans Sympathize With Russia, Boil Over US – Austrian Media
Ordinary Europeans sympathize with Russia, despite constant criticism from European politicians and anti-Russian propaganda in major Western media. «Sputnik International, Apr 15»
5
Fighters sympathize with Al Iaquinta's rage, though they say MMA …
KRAKOW, Poland – UFC fighters relate to UFC lightweight “Raging” Al Iaquinta's expletive-laden outburst following this UFC Fight Night 63 earlier this month, ... «MMAjunkie.com, Apr 15»
6
Serena Williams, Victoria Beckham sympathize with Beyoncé in viral …
TORONTO – Rachel Green, Katherine Holmes, Victoria Beckham, Serena Williams, and Kelly Rowland are sympathizing with a New York woman named ... «Globalnews.ca, Apr 15»
7
Liberal Democrats sympathize with Palestinians over Israel by 68-60 …
Look at these numbers from a March 2015 Pew research poll closely. Overall, they state that Americans sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians. But drill ... «Mondoweiss, Apr 15»
8
Chuck Todd: Will GOP Overreact on Hillary E-Mails, Cause People …
... to see the Republicans win the White House, do you fear that congressional Republicans could get in the way and actually make her look – sympathize with?” ... «NewsBusters, Mar 15»
9
BBC Poll: 27 percent of British Muslims sympathize with Charlie …
This seems like a solid enough news hook to revisit a theme I addressed shortly after the Paris attacks, when the Obama administration's ... «Hot Air, Feb 15»
10
Fewer than half of Democrats sympathize with Israelis over …
Gallup's annual World Affairs survey shows that only 48 percent of those identifying as Democrats sympathize more with Israelis in tensions in the Mideast than ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»

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