how to pronounce sympathize

/ˈsɪm.pə.θaɪz/

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sympathize is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sympathize in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Lincoln was able to sympathize with the …”

meaning of sympathize

Sympathize means to feel or express sympathy for someone.

sympathize frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sympathize occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sympathize can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sympathize can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;