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