empathize
gb/ˈɛmpəθˌaɪz/ us/ˈɛmpəθˌaɪz/
B2
Anglais
együttérez, beleéli magát vkinek a helyzetébe
VERBE
B2
1
Schéma d’usage :
empathize with [someone/something]
Good managers listen carefully and try to empathize with their employees.
A jó vezetők figyelmesen meghallgatják az alkalmazottaikat, és megpróbálnak együttérezni velük.
I can empathize with anyone who has struggled to learn a new language.
Együtt tudok érezni mindenkivel, aki küzdött már egy új nyelv megtanulásával.
The novel makes it easy to empathize with characters who have made serious mistakes.
Exemples pédagogiques
I empathize with you because I had the same problem.
Együttérzek veled, mert nekem is ugyanez a problémám volt.
She found it hard to empathize with him at first.
Eleinte nehezen tudott együttérezni vele.
Erreur fréquente :
Use empathize with, not empathize someone. Empathize means understand or share feelings; sympathize often means feel sorry for someone or support them.
Sens
understand another's feelings
Collocations
empathize with someone
|empathize with patients
|empathize with customers
|empathize with victims
|empathize with a character
|empathize with their situation
|try to empathize
|learn to empathize
|find it hard to empathize
|be able to empathize
Synonymes
identify with (often means seeing yourself in another person or situation)
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relate to (more informal and often based on similar experience)
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understand (broader; may be intellectual rather than emotional)
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feel for (suggests compassion and concern, sometimes closer to sympathy)
Antonymes
misunderstand (means to fail to understand someone's feelings or situation correctly)
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dismiss (means to treat someone's feelings as unimportant rather than trying to understand them)
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be indifferent (means to feel no concern or emotional connection)
Thèmes
emotions
|relationships
|communication
|psychology
Définition
to understand how another person feels because you can imagine being in their situation
To understand and share, or imagine, another person's feelings, experiences, or situation.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
empathize
API
GB/ˈɛmpəθˌaɪz/
US/ˈɛmpəθˌaɪz/
Syllabes et accentuation
em - path - ize (3 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (em)
Formes du mot
Verb
- Base: empathize
- 3rd Person Singular: empathizes
- Present Participle: empathizing
- Past: empathized
Expressions
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