transcription, транскрипция: [ pɪti ]
( pities, pitying, pitied)
1.
If you feel pity for someone, you feel very sorry for them.
He felt a sudden tender pity for her...
She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N for n
see also self-pity
2.
If you pity someone, you feel very sorry for them.
I don’t know whether to hate or pity him.
VERB : V n
3.
If you say that it is a pity that something is the case, you mean that you feel disappointment or regret about it.
It is a great pity that all pupils in the city cannot have the same chances...
It seemed a pity to let it all go to waste.
N-SING : a N , oft it v-link N that / to-inf [ feelings ]
4.
If someone shows pity , they do not harm or punish someone they have power over.
One should avoid showing too much pity...
N-UNCOUNT
5.
If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.
No woman had ever felt the need to take pity on him before.
PHRASE : V inflects