{
    "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’."
}