Meaning & use
Sympathise
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To feel or express understanding and compassion for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
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I sympathise with anyone who has to commute two hours each day.
Colleagues sympathised with her after the difficult diagnosis.
A note on using this word
This is the British spelling; American English favors 'sympathize' with a z.
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