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“Sympathizes” or “Sympathises”

Language

Sympathizes and sympathises are both English terms.

Usage

Sympathizes is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while sympathises 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
sympathizes 94 0 56 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sympathises 6 100 44 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "sympathizes" over "sympathises" (94 to 6).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "sympathises" over "sympathizes".
  • In India, there is a preference for "sympathizes" over "sympathises" (56 to 44).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "sympathizes" over "sympathises" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "sympathizes" over "sympathises" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "sympathises" over "sympathizes".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
  • In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
  • In New Zealand, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "sympathizes" and "sympathises".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use sympathizes or sympathises with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “sympathizes”

  • Regardless, Selena eventually sympathizes with Brewer and admits that
  • Carmen sympathizes with Sergio's marital collapse, not
  • live with her as she sympathizes with them having suffered a
  • views are far-right, and he sympathizes with ONR and other Polish
  • Russian revolutionaries with whom Varvara sympathizes, and predicts that in future
  • to kill him, Luke nonetheless sympathizes with his currently-strained relationship with
  • sensations, and that the mind sympathizes with the body, and is
  • Brody sympathizes with Arthur because the young
  • He sympathizes with the predicaments of Sameer,
  • She sympathizes with him and partially reclaims

Examples of “sympathises”

  • If the reader sympathises with Prometheus or Satan, he
  • Telis's older brother, Manolis, sympathises with Antigone.
  • Second World War his family sympathises with the Germans.
  • hears about the situation and sympathises with Ted, because he had
  • evokes the horseman's prowess, and sympathises with his widow, but it
  • a nineteen-year-old son of Hermes, sympathises with Percy, telling him that
  • is the only one who sympathises.
  • of Alfred's people, and she sympathises with his grief.
  • of which belonged to Royalist sympathises), and some 15 men, and
  • a former refugee from Russia, sympathises with the young man.


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