{
    "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’."
}