Suffer

/ˈsʌfə/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive) To undergo hardship..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
3. (intransitive) To become worse.
4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
5. (transitive, archaic, law) To allow.

Example Sentences

Many artists suffer before becoming famous.

At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.

If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.

Our correspondent found that timekeeping had suffered following the substitution of Class 5 4-6-0s on these workings.

I've been suffering your insults for years.

We hope you never have to suffer the same pain.

If you may pleaſe to thinke I loue the King, / And through him, what’s neereſt to him, which is / Your gracious ſelfe; embrace but my direction, / If your more ponderous and ſetled proiect may ſuffer alteration.

Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

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