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suffers

suffers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suffer.

Meaning of suffer

Verb

suffer (third-person singular simple present suffers, present participle suffering, simple past and past participle suffered)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
    • Many artists suffer before becoming famous.
  2. (intransitive) To feel pain.
    • At least he didn't suffer when he died in the car crash.
    Synonyms:
    agonize, anguish, thole
  3. (intransitive) To become worse.
    • If you keep partying like this, your school-work will suffer.
  4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
    • I've been suffering your insults for years.
  5. (archaic, transitive) To allow.
    • Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 22:18
    Synonyms:
    permit

Phrases with suffers

Questions about suffers

What is suffers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Suffers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of suffer.

Words near suffers in the dictionary

  1. sufferings
  2. Suffern
  3. sufferner
  4. sufferners
  5. Sufferns
  6. suffers
  7. suffers fools gladly
  8. suffers from
  9. suffers in silence
  10. suffete
  11. suffetes

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