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suffer · ​. [intransitive] to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sad feelings, a lack of something, etc. I hate to see animals suffering. · ​. [transitive] ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofsufferverbfromtheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionary sufferverb  /ˈsʌfə(r)/ /ˈsʌfər/VerbFormspresentsimpleI/you/we/theysuffer /ˈsʌfə(r)/ /ˈsʌfər/he/she/itsuffers /ˈsʌfəz/ /ˈsʌfərz/pastsimplesuffered /ˈsʌfəd/ /ˈsʌfərd/pastparticiplesuffered /ˈsʌfəd/ /ˈsʌfərd/-ingformsuffering /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/Idioms jumptootherresults  [intransitive]tobebadlyaffectedbyadisease,pain,sadfeelings,alackofsomething,etc.Ihatetoseeanimalssuffering.Thecountryhassufferedgreatlyatthehandsofitscorruptgovernment.sufferfromsomethingtosufferfromadisorder/adisease/anillness/aconditionpatientssufferingfromdepression/cancerIncreasingnumbersofchildrenaresufferingfrommentalhealthproblems.Hesuffersfromasthma.Theeconomyisstillsufferingbadlyfromalackofdemand.sufferwithsomethingtosufferwithdepression/acoldsufferforsomethingHemadearashdecisionandnowheissufferingforit.Theleadactorhadtosufferforhisartbylosing10kgfortherole.Womencontinuetosufferinsilenceundertherepressiveregime.ExtraExamplesManycompaniesaresufferingfromashortageofskilledstaff.roadaccidentvictimssufferingfromshockI'msorrythatyouhavetosufferalonelikethis.Theywerejustexpectedtosufferinsilence.Thisareasufferedverybadlyinthestorms.Thousandsofchildrenintheworldtodaysufferneedlessly.peoplesufferingunderrepressiveregimesPrematurebabiesaremorelikelytosufferfrombreathingdifficultiesinchildhood.IplayedtennisyesterdayandIknowIshallsufferforittoday.Nochilddeservestosufferforaparent'smistakes.TopicsHealthproblemsb1OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbalotbadlyenormously…verb+sufferbelikelytotendtocontinueto…prepositionforfromunder…phrasessufferinsilenceSeefullentry Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp.  [transitive]suffersomethingtoexperiencesomethingunpleasant,suchasinjury,defeatorlosstosufferastroke/heartattackVictimssufferedsevereinjuriesintheaccident.Thecompanysufferedhugelossesinthelastfinancialyear.Cropssufferedseriousdamageasaresultofthefloods.Thepartysufferedahumiliatingdefeatinthegeneralelection.Hismotherdiedyoung,andhissistersufferedthesamefate(=hissisteralsodiedyoung).ExtraExamplesHesufferedamassiveheartattack.Shemademistakesasateenagerandspentherwholelifesufferingtheconsequences.Thetourismindustrysufferedasetbacklastyearduetopoorsummerweather.OxfordCollocationsDictionaryadverbalotbadlyenormously…verb+sufferbelikelytotendtocontinueto…prepositionforfromunder…phrasessufferinsilenceSeefullentry [intransitive]tobecomeworseHisschoolworkissufferingbecauseoffamilyproblems.WordOriginMiddleEnglish:fromAnglo-NormanFrenchsuffrir,fromLatinsufferre,fromsub-‘frombelow’+ferre‘tobear’.IdiomsnotsufferfoolsgladlytobeveryimpatientwithpeoplethatyouthinkarestupidShewasaforcefulpersonalitywhodidn'tsufferfoolsgladly.SeesufferintheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionarySeesufferintheOxfordLearner'sDictionaryofAcademicEnglishCheckpronunciation: suffer Otherresults Allmatches notsufferfoolsgladly Idioms notsufferfoolsgladly Nearbywords suetnoun theSuezCrisis sufferverb sufferancenoun sufferernoun snow noun     FromtheWordlist Oxford3000 A1 OxfordLearner'sDictionariesWordoftheDay



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