EMPATHIZE

sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand

(verb) be understanding of; “You don’t need to explain--I understand!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

empathize (third-person singular simple present empathizes, present participle empathizing, simple past and past participle empathized)

(intransitive) to feel empathy for another person

Usage notes

Used similarly to sympathize, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathize is stronger and more intimate, while sympathize is weaker and more distant; see empathy: usage notes.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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