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{
"term": "suffer",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "suffer",
"heSheIt": "suffers"
},
"pastSimple": "suffered",
"pastParticiple": "suffered",
"ingForm": "suffering"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sad feelings, a lack of something, etc.",
"sensetop": "suffer from somethingsuffer with somethingsuffer for something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I hate to see animals suffering."
},
{
"text": "The country has **suffered** greatly **at the hands of **its corrupt government."
},
{
"text": "to suffer from a disorder/a disease/an illness/a condition",
"contextForm": "suffer from something"
},
{
"text": "patients suffering from depression/cancer"
},
{
"text": "Increasing numbers of children are **suffering from** mental health **problems**."
},
{
"text": "He suffers from asthma."
},
{
"text": "The economy is still suffering badly from a lack of demand."
},
{
"text": "to suffer with depression/a cold",
"contextForm": "suffer with something"
},
{
"text": "He made a rash decision and now he is suffering for it.",
"contextForm": "suffer for something"
},
{
"text": "The lead actor had to **suffer for his art** by losing 10kg for the role."
},
{
"text": "Women continue to **suffer in silence** under the repressive regime."
},
{
"text": "Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff."
},
{
"text": "road accident victims suffering from shock"
},
{
"text": "I'm sorry that you have to suffer alone like this."
},
{
"text": "They were just expected to suffer in silence."
},
{
"text": "This area suffered very badly in the storms."
},
{
"text": "Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly."
},
{
"text": "people suffering under repressive regimes"
},
{
"text": "Premature babies are more likely to suffer from breathing difficulties in childhood."
},
{
"text": "I played tennis yesterday and I know I shall suffer for it today."
},
{
"text": "No child deserves to suffer for a parent's mistakes."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a lot", "badly", "enormously"],
"verb + suffer": ["be likely to", "tend to", "continue to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "under"],
"phrases": ["suffer in silence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to experience something unpleasant, such as injury, defeat or loss",
"sensetop": "suffer something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **suffer a stroke/heart attack**"
},
{
"text": "Victims **suffered** severe **injuries** in the accident."
},
{
"text": "The company **suffered** huge **losses** in the last financial year."
},
{
"text": "Crops **suffered** serious **damage **as a result of the floods."
},
{
"text": "The party **suffered a** humiliating **defeat** in the general election."
},
{
"text": "His mother died young, and his sister **suffered the same fate** *(= his sister also died young)*."
},
{
"text": "He suffered a massive heart attack."
},
{
"text": "She made mistakes as a teenager and spent her whole life suffering the consequences."
},
{
"text": "The tourism industry suffered a setback last year due to poor summer weather."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["a lot", "badly", "enormously"],
"verb + suffer": ["be likely to", "tend to", "continue to"],
"preposition": ["for", "from", "under"],
"phrases": ["suffer in silence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to become worse",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His school work is suffering because of family problems."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very impatient with people that you think are stupid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was a forceful personality who didn't suffer fools gladly."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfə(r)/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffer__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfəz/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffers__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfəd/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffered__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfərɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffering__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfər/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffer__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfərz/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffers__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfərd/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffered__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsʌfərɪŋ/",
"audio": "su/suffer/suffering__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suffrir, from Latin sufferre, from sub- ‘from below’ + ferre ‘to bear’."
}