to tolerate
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3.2
- verb
- /ˈtɑːləˌreɪt/
:
tolerar
- Somehow I managed to get through the meal and tolerate the company.
- willing to tolerate
- willingness to tolerate
- tolerate differences
And because we know the truth, we shouldn't tolerate or accept falsehood.
- And because we know the truth, we shouldn't tolerate or accept falsehood.
- These activists, they demand that you not merely tolerate but believe as well.
- The era of Western nations tolerating people who do not tolerate the West has to end.
- No, no, again, you can grow to tolerate him.
- Go where you celebrate it, not where you tolerate it.
- So it's one thing whether you have a free speech policy or maybe you have a code of conduct where you say we can't tolerate certain kinds of speech, whatever that is.
- And it's not something that I think most people who have common sense, who want to protect children will tolerate.
- It only happens by ensuring that the culture doesn't get too far away from one that supports it, or at least tolerate sufficient amounts of freedom.
Examples
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The army doesn't tolerate insubordination, under any circumstances.
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And it is time to teach him that we do not tolerate fraud in this outfit.
Fiction book (2001) -
And so whatever you tolerate, you will get more of.
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But it is best to tolerate violence in only very limited and rare situations.
Academic text (2011) -
People who tolerate uncertainty have much less anxiety and depression.
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So we have to tolerate that urge to convince others in certain situations.
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We don't tolerate gender bias in this house.
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And in doing so, it acknowledges that marriage is more than a matter of tolerating choices that individuals make.
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Tell them I stand for... respecting other faiths, for tolerating other views within our own church.
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To maintain a healthy discussion, we must tolerate differing opinions even if we do not agree.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To let something happen or let someone do something
∞
3.5
To tolerate an unpleasant situation without complaining
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3.9
To accept something unpleasant that you cannot change
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1.5
To allow someone to do something
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4.3
To accept something unpleasant without complaining
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3.5
To accept something bad or wrong without complaining
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6.8
Allow wrong or offensive behaviour to continue without stopping it
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4.6
To not tolerate someone or something unpleasant
Antonyms
How Tolerant
Surface Forms
Morphology
tolerate = toler + ate
Formed from the combining root 'toler-' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ate'; the meaning 'allow/put up with' is predictable from related words (tolerance, tolerant) but the root 'toler-' is not a standalone English word, which may obscure transparency for learners.
Etymology
The word tolerate comes from the Latin verb tolerare, which means 'to bear' or 'to endure'. So to tolerate an idea or person is to 'bear' them or allow them even if you do not agree.