tolerate

tol·er·ate

T0253300 (tŏl′ə-rāt′)tr.v. tol·er·at·ed, tol·er·at·ing, tol·er·ates 1. To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit: The president will not tolerate any deviation from stated policy.2. To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others).3. To accept or be patient regarding (something unpleasant or undesirable); endure: tolerated his insults for weeks. See Synonyms at endure.4. Medicine To have tolerance for (a substance or pathogen).

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[Latin tolerāre, tolerāt-, to bear; see telə- in Indo-European roots.]

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tol′er·a′tive adj.tol′er·a′tor n.

tolerate

(ˈtɒləˌreɪt) vb (tr) 1. to treat with indulgence, liberality, or forbearance2. to permit3. to be able to bear; put up with4. (Medicine) med to have tolerance for (a drug, poison, etc)[C16: from Latin tolerāre sustain; related to thole²] ˈtolerative adj ˈtolerˌator n

tol•er•ate

(ˈtɒl əˌreɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit. 2. to endure without repugnance; put up with: I cannot tolerate incompetence. 3. to experience, undergo, or sustain, as pain or hardship. 4. Med. to endure or resist the action of (a drug, invasive procedure, etc.). [1525–35; < Latin tolerātus, past participle of tolerāre to bear (akin to thole²); see -ate¹] tol′er•a`tive, adj. tol′er•a`tor, n.

tolerate

Past participle: tolerated
Gerund: tolerating

Imperative
tolerate
tolerate

Present
I tolerate
you tolerate
he/she/it tolerates
we tolerate
you tolerate
they tolerate

Preterite
I tolerated
you tolerated
he/she/it tolerated
we tolerated
you tolerated
they tolerated

Present Continuous
I am tolerating
you are tolerating
he/she/it is tolerating
we are tolerating
you are tolerating
they are tolerating

Present Perfect
I have tolerated
you have tolerated
he/she/it has tolerated
we have tolerated
you have tolerated
they have tolerated

Past Continuous
I was tolerating
you were tolerating
he/she/it was tolerating
we were tolerating
you were tolerating
they were tolerating

Past Perfect
I had tolerated
you had tolerated
he/she/it had tolerated
we had tolerated
you had tolerated
they had tolerated

Future
I will tolerate
you will tolerate
he/she/it will tolerate
we will tolerate
you will tolerate
they will tolerate

Future Perfect
I will have tolerated
you will have tolerated
he/she/it will have tolerated
we will have tolerated
you will have tolerated
they will have tolerated

Future Continuous
I will be tolerating
you will be tolerating
he/she/it will be tolerating
we will be tolerating
you will be tolerating
they will be tolerating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tolerating
you have been tolerating
he/she/it has been tolerating
we have been tolerating
you have been tolerating
they have been tolerating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tolerating
you will have been tolerating
he/she/it will have been tolerating
we will have been tolerating
you will have been tolerating
they will have been tolerating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tolerating
you had been tolerating
he/she/it had been tolerating
we had been tolerating
you had been tolerating
they had been tolerating

Conditional
I would tolerate
you would tolerate
he/she/it would tolerate
we would tolerate
you would tolerate
they would tolerate

Past Conditional
I would have tolerated
you would have tolerated
he/she/it would have tolerated
we would have tolerated
you would have tolerated
they would have tolerated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"brook, endure, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, supportlive with, swallow, accept - tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"hold still for, stand for - tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"bear up - endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"take lying down - suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"take a joke - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"sit out - endure to the endpay - bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"suffer - experience (emotional) pain; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers"
	2.	tolerate - recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others"abide by, honor, honour, respect, observe - show respect towards; "honor your parents!"
	3.	tolerate - have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniquessuffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"
	4.	tolerate - allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"permit, allowcountenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

tolerate

verb1. endure, stand, suffer, bear, take, stomach, undergo, swallow, hack (slang), abide, put up with (informal), submit to, thole (Scot.) She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.2. allow, accept, permit, sanction, take, receive, admit, brook, indulge, put up with (informal), condone, countenance, turn a blind eye to, wink at I will not tolerate breaches of the code of conduct.
allow ban, veto, forbid, prohibit, outlaw, disapprove, preclude, disallow, criminalize3. consume, eat, stomach, digest, take I can't tolerate fatty or high-cholesterol meals.

tolerate

verb1. To neither forbid nor prevent:allow, have, let, permit, suffer.2. To put up with:abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, withstand.Informal: lump.Idioms: take it, take it lying down.

Translations

忍受

tolerate

(ˈtoləreit) verb to bear or endure; to put up with. I couldn't tolerate his rudeness. 忍受，容忍 忍受ˈtolerable adjective1. able to be borne or endured. The heat was barely tolerable. 可忍受的 可忍受的2. quite good. The food was tolerable. 尚好的，還可以的 尚好，过得去 ˈtolerance noun1. the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinions etc are different from one's own. We should always try to show tolerance to other people. 寬容，寬大 宽恕，容忍 2. the ability to resist the effects of eg a drug. If you take a drug regularly, your body gradually acquires a tolerance of it. 耐受性，耐藥量 耐药量ˈtolerant adjective showing tolerance. He's very tolerant towards his neighbours. 寬恕的，容忍的 宽恕的，容忍的 ˈtolerantly adverb 寬容地，容忍地 能宽恕地，容忍地 ˌtoleˈration noun1. the act of tolerating. His toleration of her behaviour amazed me. 寬容，容忍 容忍2. tolerance, especially in religious matters. The government passed a law of religious toleration. 信仰自由 信仰自由