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1. (v.t.) tolerate
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
2. tolerate
to endure without repugnance; put up with:
I cannot tolerate incompetence.
3. tolerate
to experience, undergo, or sustain, as pain or hardship.
4. tolerate
Med. to endure or resist the action of (a drug, invasive procedure, etc.).
Etymology: (1525–35; < L tolerātus, ptp. of tolerāre to bear (akin to thole2); see -ate1)
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1. (verb) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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"
2. (verb) tolerate
recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
"We must tolerate the religions of others"
3. (verb) 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"
4. (verb) allow, permit, 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"
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1. (verb) tolerate
to accept sth even though you are not happy about it
I can't tolerate any more of their arguing.
2. tolerate
to be able to withstand sth
His body won't tolerate any further medication.
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1. (verb) tolerate
to suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices
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Sense: to bear or endure; to put up with
I couldn't tolerate his rudeness.
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 Afrikaans: verdra |
 Arabic: يَتَحَمَّل |
 Bulgarian: понасям |
 Brazilian: tolerar |
 Czech: snášet |
 German: erträglich |
 Danish: tolerere; tåle |
 Greek: ανέχομαι, υποφέρω |
 Spanish: tolerar |
 Estonian: sallima |
 Farsi: تحمل کردن |
 Finnish: sietää |
 French: tolérer |
 Hebrew: לִסבּוֹל |
 Hindi: सहना |
 Croatian: podnositi, trpjeti |
 Hungarian: elvisel, tűr |
 Indonesian: menahankan |
 Icelandic: þola |
 Italian: tollerare |
 Japanese: 我慢する |
 Korean: 너그럽게 봐주다 |
 Lithuanian: pakęsti |
 Latvian: paciest; samierināties |
 Malay: tahan dgn |
 Dutch: tolereren |
 Norwegian: tåle, finne seg i, tolere |
 Polish: znosić |
 Persian: تحمل کردن |
 Pashto: زغمل، ګالل، وړل: ګذاره كو |
 Portuguese: tolerar |
 Romanian: a tolera, a suporta |
 Russian: терпеть; выносить |
 Slovak: tolerovať |
 Slovenian: prenašati |
 Serbian: tolerisati |
 Swedish: tolerera |
 Thai: อดทนต่อความยากลำบาก |
 Turkish: dayanmak, tahammül etmek |
 Taiwanese: 忍受，容忍 |
 Ukrainian: терпіти, зносити |
 Urdu: برداشت کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tha thứ |
 Chinese: 忍受 |
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