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To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- If you could just put yourself in his shoes for a moment, perhaps you would understand why it is not as easy as you seem to think.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: put oneself in someone's place
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
設身處地 /设身处地
(shèshēnchǔdì)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Chinese Mandarin:
換位思考 /换位思考
(huànwèi sīkǎo)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Chinese Mandarin:
將心比心 /将心比心
(jiāngxīnbǐxīn)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Dutch:
zich in een ander verplaatsen
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Dutch:
zich inleven
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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French:
se mettre à la place
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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French:
se mettre dans la peau de quelqu'un
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Italian:
mettersi nei panni di un altro
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Korean:
역지사지
(yeokjisaji)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Polish:
znaleźć się w czyjejś skórze
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Polish:
postawić się na czyimś miejscu
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Portuguese:
pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Russian:
поста́вить себя́ на чьё-то ме́сто
(postávitʹ sebjá na čʹjo-to mésto)
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Swedish:
sätta sig in
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
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Swedish:
leva sig in
— look at a situation as if one were the other person
