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{
"term": "sympathy",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand and care about somebody’s problems",
"sensetop": "sympathy for somebodyout of sympathy for somebody",
"labels": "(formal)(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **express/feel sympathy** for somebody",
"contextForm": "sympathy for somebody"
},
{
"text": "I **have no sympathy for** Jan—it's all her own fault."
},
{
"text": "I wish he'd show me a little more sympathy."
},
{
"text": "**Our** heartfelt **sympathy goes out** to the victims of the war."
},
{
"text": "Shops were closed out of sympathy for the victims.",
"contextForm": "out of sympathy for somebody"
},
{
"text": "May we **offer our** deepest **sympathies** on the death of your wife."
},
{
"text": "I would like to **extend our sincere sympathies** to his family at this sad time."
},
{
"text": "He didn't get much sympathy from anyone."
},
{
"text": "I don't want your sympathy!"
},
{
"text": "I felt a pang of sympathy for her."
},
{
"text": "It's hard to find any sympathy for such an evil man."
},
{
"text": "She expressed her deepest sympathy for him."
},
{
"text": "She married him more out of sympathy than love."
},
{
"text": "She says I haven't given her enough sympathy."
},
{
"text": "She seemed to feel some sympathy for the patients."
},
{
"text": "Their plight aroused considerable public sympathy."
},
{
"text": "a total lack of human sympathy"
},
{
"text": "My sympathy lies with his wife."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "deep", "genuine"],
"verb + sympathy": ["feel", "find", "have"],
"sympathy + verb": ["go out to somebody", "lie with somebody"],
"preposition": ["in sympathy with", "out of sympathy", "with sympathy"],
"phrases": [
"a feeling of sympathy",
"a pang of sympathy",
"full of sympathy"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of showing support for or approval of an idea, a cause, an organization, etc.",
"sensetop": "in sympathy with somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The seamen went on strike in sympathy with *(= to show their support for)* the dockers.",
"contextForm": "in sympathy with somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Her sympathies lie with the anti-abortion lobby."
},
{
"text": "The government showed sympathy to their cause."
},
{
"text": "She had every sympathy with him."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "deep", "genuine"],
"verb + sympathy": ["feel", "find", "have"],
"sympathy + verb": ["go out to somebody", "lie with somebody"],
"preposition": ["in sympathy with", "out of sympathy", "with sympathy"],
"phrases": [
"a feeling of sympathy",
"a pang of sympathy",
"full of sympathy"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "friendship and understanding between people who have similar opinions or interests",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was no personal sympathy between them."
},
{
"text": "He has a total lack of sympathy for young people."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "deep", "genuine"],
"verb + sympathy": ["feel", "find", "have"],
"sympathy + verb": ["go out to somebody", "lie with somebody"],
"preposition": ["in sympathy with", "out of sympathy", "with sympathy"],
"phrases": [
"a feeling of sympathy",
"a pang of sympathy",
"full of sympathy"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "happening because something else has happened",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Share prices slipped in sympathy with the German market."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "not agreeing with or not wanting to support somebody/something",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmpəθi/",
"audio": "sy/sympathy/sympathy__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsɪmpəθi/",
"audio": "sy/sympathy/sympathy__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek sumpatheia, from sumpathēs, from sun- ‘with’ + pathos ‘feeling’."
}