suffers
SUF-urz/ˈsʌfɚz/UKSUF-uhz/ˈsʌfəz/
- 1Third-person singular present of suffer.
The region suffers severe droughts during the long dry season.
He rarely complains, even when he suffers considerable pain.
Note
One spelling carries every use of the verb, so the words around it decide the meaning. With an object it means enduring something: the region suffers droughts. Without one it can mean feeling pain, undergoing hardship, or simply getting worse, as when a business suffers under neglect. An archaic use with an object means 'allows': a host who suffers no interruption permits none.
suffers is a form of suffer
suffer, verb: To feel pain, whether in the body or the mind. Full entry
- Spelling
- suffer → suffers: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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