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“Sympathized” or “Sympathised”

Language

Sympathized and sympathised are both English terms.

Usage

Sympathized is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while sympathised is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
sympathized 96 26 42 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sympathised 4 74 58 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "sympathized" over "sympathised" (96 to 4).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 74 to 26 preference for "sympathised" over "sympathized".
  • In India, there is a 58 to 42 preference for "sympathised" over "sympathized".
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "sympathized" over "sympathised" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "sympathized" over "sympathised" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "sympathised" over "sympathized".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathized" and "sympathised".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use sympathized or sympathised with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “sympathized”

  • alliances with John A. Macdonald, sympathized with the confederacy and stated
  • He sympathized with Stilwell's disgust with Chiang
  • those simply suspected of having sympathized with the movement at some
  • Jesuit scholars on the faculty, sympathized with Galileo's theories, but was
  • They too sympathized with the N.L.M.
  • The Empress sympathized deeply with him and Alexander
  • Haq sympathized with the Taliban, stating: "Give
  • Brazil, Chile and Peru - sympathized more or less openly with
  • of her recent accident and sympathized with her.
  • García López sympathized with the Godesberg Program of

Examples of “sympathised”

  • a scheme of comprehension he sympathised.
  • unions in Paris, although he sympathised with the players.
  • as its director, said Castro sympathised with the ordeal of hibakusha.
  • Hastings personally sympathised with Mir Jafar and regarded
  • in Australia, as the country sympathised and followed his progress.
  • his books show that he sympathised with those who put faith
  • research found that those who sympathised with the EDL tended to
  • He also sympathised with those Indian families who
  • regime, the French Resistance generally sympathised with its antifeminism and did
  • CHP nationalists that claimed he sympathised with the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic


(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)


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