suffer

«suffer» in Mova's school dictionary: to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (suffer, suffers, suffered, suffering)

meaning for a pupil

1) To suffer is to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things. tree →

2) To have a bad thing happen to you: suffer a defeat, suffer damage. tree →

3) To become worse because of something: your work will suffer if you do not sleep. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in health and science: animals suffer if not cared for; people suffer from hay fever or asthma. In history and stories: people suffered in wars and famines. Phrases: "suffer from", "suffer in silence".

examples

• She suffers from hay fever in the spring. tree →
• Animals should never be left to suffer. tree →
• The team suffered a big defeat. tree →
• The town suffered damage in the flood. tree →
• Your schoolwork will suffer if you stay up too late. tree →
• Don't suffer in silence; tell an adult if you are hurt. tree →
• Then everybody in the jungle suffers. tree →

note

Regular verb: suffered, suffering (one r is not doubled because the stress is on "SUF"). Noun: suffering. Use "suffer from" with illnesses.

In the corpora

• "Confused", said of an old person by carers, often means suffering from dementia.
• When one person in a team does not do their part, the whole team usually suffers.
• Both sides in the Crusades did brave things and cruel things, and ordinary people of all three faiths suffered.
• When someone has suffered for a long time, people can feel relief that the pain is over and great sadness at once.
• Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suffer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.