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UK
/tˈɒləɹˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈtɑɫɝˌeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈtɑɫɝˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital
Children are not permitted beyond this point
We don't allow dogs here -
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 -
recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
We must tolerate the religions of others -
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
I cannot bear his constant criticism
How To Use tolerate In A Sentence
- The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
- The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
- A City priest vowed yesterday that he is no longer willing to turn the other cheek and tolerate the repeated acts of wanton vandalism to the windows of the presbytery which is also his home.
- In those days, religious dissent was not tolerated.
- They would not, however, have tolerated any canine comparison. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
- We live in a mixed society now and this sort of thing is disgusting and shouldn't be tolerated.
- Many cycads may be grown outdoors in California and the southern United States, but they cannot seem to tolerate the less equable climate in other parts of the nation.
- Further, with this requirement Japanese Baptists had to loosen the requirement of believer's baptism by immersion and tolerate various other baptismal traditions.
- The peace lily is an indoor plant and will not tolerate frosty conditions.
- Cold-calling, at one licensed dealer, when the salesmen got desperate, was just not tolerated, it was actively encouraged.
