extend sympathy



extend one's sympathy (to someone)

to express sympathy to someone. (A very polite and formal way to tell someone that you are sorry about a misfortune.) Please permit me to extend my sympathy to you and your children. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of your husband. Let's extend our sympathy to Bill Jones, who is in the hospital with a broken leg. We should send him some flowers.
See also: extend, sympathy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KendallKEN-dahlEnglish
CarenKER-ənEnglish
Ioneie-O-nee (English), IE-o-nee (English), ie-ON (English)Greek Mythology, English
Darija-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Sabahudin-Bosnian
Evripidis-Greek