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tolerate

(tɒləreɪt)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense tolerates, present participle tolerating, past tense, past participle tolerated
1. verb
If you tolerate a situation or person, you accept them although you do not particularly like them.
She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in. [VERB noun]
The cousins tolerated each other, but did not really get on well together. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: endure, stand, suffer, bear More Synonyms of tolerate
toleration (tɒləreɪʃən) uncountable noun
...his views on religious toleration, education, and politics.
Synonyms: acceptance, endurance, indulgence, sanction More Synonyms of tolerate
Synonyms: religious freedom, freedom of conscience, freedom of worship More Synonyms of tolerate
2. verb
If you can tolerate something unpleasant or painful, you are able to bear it.
The ability to tolerate pain varies from person to person. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of tolerate

tolerate in British English

(ˈtɒləˌreɪt)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to treat with indulgence, liberality, or forbearance
2. 
to permit
3. 
to be able to bear; put up with
4.  medicine
to have tolerance for (a drug, poison, etc)
Derived forms
tolerative (ˈtolerative)
adjective
tolerator (ˈtolerˌator)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin tolerāre sustain; related to thole2

tolerate in American English

(ˈtɑlərˌeɪt)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtolerˌated or ˈtolerˌating
1. 
to not interfere with; allow; permit
to tolerate heresy
2. 
to recognize and respect (others' beliefs, practices, etc.) without sharing them
3. 
to bear, or put up with (someone or something not especially liked)
4.  Medicine
to have tolerance for (a specific drug, etc.)
SIMILAR WORDS:  bear
Derived forms
tolerative (ˈtolerˌative)
adjective
tolerator (ˈtolerˌator)
noun
Word origin
< L toleratus, pp. of tolerare, to bear, sustain, tolerate < IE base *tel-, to lift up, bear > thole2, talent, L tollere, to lift up

Examples of 'tolerate' in a sentence
tolerate

I will not tolerate that kind of incompetence from anyone under my command.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (1989)
Even Bishop Muzorewa won't tolerate absentee landlords, good agricultural land lying unused.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (1989)
The death penalty must be imposed to show that the Party would never tolerate betrayal.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (1989)
She would never tolerate anybody snitching on her, or on anybody in the family.
Tony Hillerman TALKING GOD (1989)

In other languages
tolerate

British English: tolerate VERB
If you tolerate a situation or person, you accept them although you do not particularly like them.
She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
  • American English: tolerate
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tolerar
  • Chinese: 容忍
  • European Spanish: tolerar
  • French: supporter
  • German: tolerieren
  • Italian: tollerare
  • Japanese: 我慢する
  • Korean: 참고 받아들이다
  • European Portuguese: tolerar
  • Latin American Spanish: tolerar

Chinese translation of 'tolerate'

tolerate

(ˈtɔləreɪt)

vt

  1. [pain, noise etc] 忍受 (rěnshòu)
  2. (= accept) 容忍 (róngrěn)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to put up with (someone or something)
She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
Synonyms
endure
I simply can't endure another moment of her company.
stand
He hates vegetables and can't stand curry.
suffer
She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.
bear
She bore her sufferings bravely.
take
His rudeness was becoming hard to take.
stomach
I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals.
undergo
New recruits have been undergoing training in recent weeks.
swallow
hack (slang)
I can't hack all the violence
abide
I can't abide people who can't make up their minds.
put up with (informal)
submit to
thole (Scottish)
2 (verb) 
Definition
to allow something to exist or happen, even although one does not approve of it
I will not tolerate breaches of the code of conduct.
Synonyms
allow
Talking amongst yourselves is not allowed.
accept
Urban dwellers have to accept noise as part of city life.
permit
I was permitted to bring my camera into the concert.
Our constitution does not permit the sending of troops.
sanction
He may seem ready to sanction the use of force.
take
receive
admit
I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes.
brook
The army will brook no weakening of its power.
indulge
put up with (informal)
condone
I couldn't condone what she was doing.
countenance
The planners will not countenance any changes to the exterior of the barn.
turn a blind eye to
wink at
Opposites
ban
,
veto
,
forbid
,
prohibit
,
outlaw
,
disapprove
,
preclude
,
disallow
,
criminalize
3 (verb) 
I can't tolerate fatty or high-cholesterol meals.
Synonyms
consume
Andrew would consume nearly two pounds of cheese per day.
eat
She was eating a sandwich.
stomach
It's specially developed for those who can't stomach natural fish oil.
digest
take
She took tea with Nanny every day.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abide
Definition
to tolerate
I can't abide people who can't make up their minds.
Synonyms
tolerate,
suffer,
accept,
bear,
endure,
brook,
hack (slang),
put up with,
submit to,
take,
stand,
stomach,
thole (Scottish)
in the sense of accept
Definition
to tolerate or resign oneself to
Urban dwellers have to accept noise as part of city life.
Synonyms
stand,
take,
experience,
suffer,
bear,
allow,
weather,
cope with,
tolerate,
sustain,
put up with,
wear (British, slang),
stomach,
endure,
undergo,
brook,
hack (slang),
abide,
withstand,
submit to,
bow to,
yield to,
countenance,
defer to,
like it or lump it (informal)
in the sense of admit
Definition
to concede (the truth of something)
I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes.
Synonyms
allow,
agree,
accept,
reveal,
grant,
declare,
acknowledge,
recognize,
concede,
disclose,
affirm,
divulge

Synonyms of 'tolerate'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of bear
Definition
to tolerate or endure
She bore her sufferings bravely.
Synonyms
suffer,
feel,
experience,
go through,
sustain,
stomach,
endure,
undergo,
admit,
brook,
hack (slang),
abide,
put up with (informal)
in the sense of brook
Definition
to bear
The army will brook no weakening of its power.
Synonyms
tolerate,
stand,
allow,
suffer,
accept,
bear,
stomach,
endure,
swallow,
hack (slang),
abide,
put up with (informal),
withstand,
countenance,
support,
thole (dialect)
in the sense of condone
Definition
to overlook or forgive (an offence or wrongdoing)
I couldn't condone what she was doing.
Synonyms
overlook,
excuse,
forgive,
pardon,
disregard,
turn a blind eye to,
wink at,
look the other way,
make allowance for,
let pass
in the sense of countenance
Definition
to support or tolerate
The planners will not countenance any changes to the exterior of the barn.
Synonyms
tolerate,
sanction,
endorse,
condone,
support,
encourage,
approve,
endure,
brook,
stand for (informal),
hack (slang),
put up with (informal),
back,
help,
aid,
champion,
commend,
abet
in the sense of eat
Definition
to take (food) into the mouth and swallow it
She was eating a sandwich.
Synonyms
consume,
swallow,
chew,
hoover (informal),
scoff (slang),
devour,
munch,
tuck into (informal),
put away,
gobble,
polish off (informal),
wolf down
in the sense of hack
Definition
to tolerate
I can't hack all the violence
Synonyms
stand,
take,
bear,
handle,
cope with,
stomach,
endure,
tolerate,
abide,
put up with (informal)
in the sense of permit
Definition
to allow (someone) to do something
I was permitted to bring my camera into the concert.Our constitution does not permit the sending of troops.
Synonyms
allow,
admit,
grant,
sanction,
let,
suffer,
agree to,
entitle,
endure,
license,
endorse,
warrant,
tolerate,
authorize,
empower,
consent to,
give the green light to,
give leave or permission
in the sense of sanction
Definition
to officially approve of or allow
He may seem ready to sanction the use of force.
Synonyms
permit,
back,
support,
allow,
approve,
entitle,
endorse,
authorize,
countenance,
vouch for,
lend your name to
in the sense of stand
Definition
to tolerate or bear
He hates vegetables and can't stand curry.
Synonyms
tolerate,
bear,
abide,
suffer,
stomach,
endure,
brook,
hack (slang),
submit to,
thole (dialect)
in the sense of stomach
Definition
to put up with
I could never stomach the cruelty involved in the wounding of animals.
Synonyms
bear,
take,
tolerate,
suffer,
endure,
swallow,
hack (slang),
abide,
put up with (informal),
submit to,
reconcile or resign yourself to

Additional synonyms

in the sense of stomach
It's specially developed for those who can't stomach natural fish oil.
Synonyms
keep down,
swallow,
digest,
manage to eat,
find palatable
in the sense of suffer
Definition
to tolerate
She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.
Synonyms
tolerate,
stand,
put up with (informal),
support,
bear,
endure,
brook,
hack (British, informal),
abide
in the sense of take
Definition
to stand up to or endure
His rudeness was becoming hard to take.
Synonyms
tolerate,
stand,
bear,
suffer,
weather,
go through,
brave,
stomach,
endure,
undergo,
swallow,
brook,
hack (slang),
abide,
put up with (informal),
withstand,
submit to,
countenance,
pocket,
thole (Scottish)
in the sense of take
Definition
to eat or drink
She took tea with Nanny every day.
Synonyms
consume,
have,
drink,
eat,
imbibe (formal)
in the sense of undergo
Definition
to experience, endure, or sustain
New recruits have been undergoing training in recent weeks.
Synonyms
experience,
go through,
be subjected to,
stand,
suffer,
bear,
weather,
sustain,
endure,
withstand,
submit to
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