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say it: SIM-puh-thahyz
sympathize is a verb meaning "share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of". It is pronounced /ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪz/ — SIM-puh-thahyz. It carries 3 recorded senses.
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
be understanding of
“You don't need to explain--I understand!”
to feel or express sympathy or compassion
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sympathize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.