different between remain vs suffer

English

Etymology

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remane?, mane?, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).

Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English bel?fan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?main

Noun

remain (plural remains)

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

Translations

Verb

remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed
2. (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
   • , Book I

     That […] remains to be proved.
4. To await; to be left to.
5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

Synonyms

• (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; See also Thesaurus:stay behind
• (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; See also Thesaurus:remain
• (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; See also Thesaurus:persist
• (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; See also Thesaurus:wait for
• (to continue in a state of being): stay
• belave

Derived terms

• remain to be seen

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrine, Armine, Mainer, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, mainer, marine

English

Etymology

From Middle English suffren, from Anglo-Norman suffrir, from Latin suffer? (“to offer, hold up, bear, suffer”), from sub- (“up, under”) + fer? (“I carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry”). Displaced native teen.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?f?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?f?/
• Rhymes: -?f?(?)
• Hyphenation: suf?fer

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.

   Synonym: bear

2. (intransitive) To feel pain.

   Synonyms: agonize, anguish, thole; see also Thesaurus:suffer

3. (intransitive) To become worse.

   Synonyms: deteriorate, worsen; see also Thesaurus:worsen
4. (transitive) To endure, undergo.

   Synonyms: bear, dree, thole; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
5. (transitive, archaic) To allow.

   Synonym: permit

   • 1938, The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 203:

     "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.

   • 1978, Section 31-36 of the Code of Montgomery County, Maryland:

     […] it shall be unlawful for any person to cause, allow, permit or suffer any vehicle to be parked […] beyond the period of time established by the duration of the parking meter […]

Derived terms

Related terms

• sublate
• sublation

Translations

Anagrams

• ruffes, suffre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f?r

Etymology 1

Adjective

suffer

1. Comparative form of suf

Etymology 2

Noun

suffer m (plural suffers)

1. Alternative form of sufferd

Latin

Verb

suffer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of suffer?