SUFFER


Meaning of SUFFER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sʌfə(r) ]

( suffers, suffering, suffered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you suffer pain, you feel it in your body or in your mind.

Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort...

Can you assure me that my father is not suffering?

VERB : V n , V

2.

If you suffer from an illness or from some other bad condition, you are badly affected by it.

He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer...

I realized he was suffering from shock.

VERB : V from n , V from n

3.

If you suffer something bad, you are in a situation in which something painful, harmful, or very unpleasant happens to you.

The peace process has suffered a serious blow now...

Romania suffered another setback in its efforts to obtain financial support for its reforms.

VERB : V n , V n

4.

If you suffer , you are badly affected by an event or situation.

There are few who have not suffered...

It is obvious that Syria will suffer most from this change of heart.

VERB : V , V from n

5.

If something suffers , it does not succeed because it has not been given enough attention or is in a bad situation.

I’m not surprised that your studies are suffering...

Without a major boost in tourism, the economy will suffer even further.

VERB : V , V

6.

see also suffering

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