SYMPATHY


Meaning of SYMPATHY in English

(sympathies)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you have ~ for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.

I have had very little help from doctors and no ~ whatsoever...

I wanted to express my sympathies on your resignation.

N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

2.

If you have ~ with someone’s ideas or opinions, you agree with them.

I have some ~ with this point of view...

Lithuania still commands considerable international ~ for its cause...

She has frequently expressed Republican sympathies.

N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N with/for n

3.

If you take some action in ~ with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.

Milne resigned in ~ because of the way Donald had been treated.

N-UNCOUNT: oft N with n

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