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suffer
nouns
suffer an injury
• Ten people suffered minor injuries.
suffer a heart attack/stroke
• He died after suffering a massive heart attack.
suffer damage
• The U.S. ship suffered no damage.
suffer a defeat
• The team has now suffered five successive defeats.
suffer a setback
• Her preparations for the Olympic Games suffered a setback when she injured her leg during training.
suffer a blow
(= experience a situation or event that causes difficulty or sadness )
• The government suffered another blow when a report claimed that standards in education were falling.
suffer a loss
• Both companies have suffered heavy financial losses.
suffer a problem
• Research shows that children of alcoholic parents are more likely to suffer problems in adulthood.
suffer the consequences
• If they cannot learn to adapt, they will suffer the consequences.
adverbs
suffer badly/greatly
• The town had suffered badly in the war.
suffer financially
• The museum suffered financially under his administration.
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verb ADV. a lot, badly, greatly, severely, terribly This area suffered very badly in the storms. | needlessly Thousands of children in the world today suffer needlessly. VERB + SUFFER be likely to Premature babies are more likely to suffer from breathing difficulties in childhood. PREP. for I played tennis yesterday and I know I shall suffer for it today. | from She suffers from asthma. | with He suffers terribly with migraines. PHRASES suffer in silence They were just expected to suffer in silence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary