| query | If you take some action in s_______ with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues. Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated. ...calls for sympathy strikes. |
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| word | sympathy |
| full-definition | noun If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them. We expressed our sympathy for her loss. I have had very little help from doctors and no sympathy whatsoever. I wanted to express my sympathies on your resignation. If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them. I have some sympathy with this point of view. Lithuania still commands considerable international sympathy for its cause. He had strong left-wing sympathies. If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues. Milne resigned in sympathy because of the way Donald had been treated. ...calls for sympathy strikes. |
| inflections | sympathies |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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