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extend your sympathies — extend/offer/your sympathy/sympathies/formal phrase to tell someone that you are sorry when someone close to them has died I am writing to extend my deepest sympathies to you and your family. Thesaurus: to feel or express sympathy … Useful english dictionary
offer your sympathy — extend/offer/your sympathy/sympathies/formal phrase to tell someone that you are sorry when someone close to them has died I am writing to extend my deepest sympathies to you and your family. Thesaurus: to feel or express sympathy … Useful english dictionary
sympathy */*/ — UK [ˈsɪmpəθɪ] / US noun Word forms sympathy : singular sympathy plural sympathies 1) [uncountable] a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing something very unpleasant The film describes, with… … English dictionary
sympathy — sym|pa|thy [ sımpəθi ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing something very unpleasant: The movie describes, with considerable sympathy, the problems faced by economic… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extend — /Ik stend/ verb 1 CONTINUE (intransitive always + adv/prep) to continue for a particular distance or over a particular area: across/over/through etc: The River Nile extends as far as Lake Victoria. | extend 100 km/30 yards etc: Smith Point… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sympathy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, genuine, great, heartfelt, real, strong ▪ little, scant (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary
extend — ex|tend [ ık stend ] verb *** ▸ 1 continue in space/time ▸ 2 increase size/range etc. ▸ 3 offer greeting ▸ 4 increase length ▸ 5 lend money etc. ▸ 6 affect/include someone/something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive extend from/into/over/beyond/for… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extend */*/*/ — UK [ɪkˈstend] / US verb Word forms extend : present tense I/you/we/they extend he/she/it extends present participle extending past tense extended past participle extended 1) a) [intransitive] to continue for a particular distance or in a… … English dictionary
sympathy — 01. Her boss didn t show much [sympathy] when she tried to explain why she hadn t finished the work on time. 02. Everyone talks to her about their problems because she is such a [sympathetic] listener. 03. Euripides suggested that man s best… … Grammatical examples in English
offer your sympathies — extend/offer/your sympathy/sympathies/formal phrase to tell someone that you are sorry when someone close to them has died I am writing to extend my deepest sympathies to you and your family. Thesaurus: to feel or express sympathy … Useful english dictionary
