suffer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (RP) IPA: /ˈsʌfə/, X-SAMPA: /"sVf@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsʌfɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"sVf@`/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌfə(r)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin suffero (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + ferō (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).
Verb[edit]
suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)
- (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- (intransitive) To feel pain.
- At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
- (intransitive, construed with from) To have a disease or condition.
- He's suffering from the flu this week.
- (intransitive) To become worse.
- If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
- (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- I've been suffering your insults for years.
- I hope you never have to suffer the same pain.
- (transitive, archaic) To allow.
- The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:
- "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
- Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:
- . . . it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked . . . beyond the period of time established by the duration of the parking meter . . . .
- The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to undergo hardship
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to feel pain
to have a disease or condition
To become worse
To endure, undergo
To allow
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
suffer
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
suffer
- second-person singular present active imperative of sufferō