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# sympathise

«sympathise» in Mova's school dictionary: **to feel sorry for someone who is in trouble or sad** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (sympathise, sympathises, sympathised, sympathising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sympathise is to feel sorry for someone who is in trouble or sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/#m1)

2) To sympathise with someone is to understand how they feel and be on their side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a friend who shares another's trouble and wants to help; in lessons a kind response to someone who is hurt or upset

### examples

- I sympathise with you about the lost dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/#x1)
- The friend sympathised very much with him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/#x2)
- We sympathise with the family who lost their home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sympathise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sympathise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.