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Definition of Tolerate
1. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot tolerate Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Exact synonyms: Abide, Bear, Brook, Digest, Endure, Put Up, Stand, Stick Out, Stomach, Suffer, Support
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Suffer
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Suffer
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
2. Verb. Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others). "We must tolerate the religions of others"
Generic synonyms: Abide By, Honor, Honour, Observe, Respect
Derivative terms: Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
Derivative terms: Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
3. Verb. 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 the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting. "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
Exact synonyms: Allow, Permit
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Allowance, Allowance, Permissive, Permit, Permit
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Allowance, Allowance, Permissive, Permit, Permit
Definition of Tolerate
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Tolerate
1. Verb. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tolerate
1. to allow without active opposition [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]