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tol·er·ate

 (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).
[Latintolerāre, tolerāt-,to bear; seetelə- inIndo-European roots.]
tol′er·a′tive adj.
tol′er·a′tor n.
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tolerate

(ˈtɒləˌreɪt)
vb (tr)
1.to treat with indulgence, liberality, or forbearance
2.to permit
3.to be able to bear; put up with
4. (Medicine)med to have tolerance for (a drug, poison, etc)
[C16: from Latintolerāre sustain; related to thole2]
ˈtolerativeadj
ˈtolerˌatorn
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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; < Latintolerātus, past participle oftolerāre to bear (akin tothole2); see-ate1]
tol′er•a`tive,adj.
tol′er•a`tor,n.
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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
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasanttolerate - 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"
live 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 end
pay - 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)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 techniques
suffer,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 prohibitingtolerate - 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"
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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

tolerate

verb
1.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.
3.consume,eat,stomach,digest,takeI can't tolerate fatty or high-cholesterol meals.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tolerate

verb
1.To neither forbid nor prevent:
2.To put up with:
Informal:lump.
Idioms:take it, take it lying down.
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Translations
يَتَحَمَّل
snášet
tåletolerere
òola
pakantumaspripratimastolerancija
samierināties
prenašati
dayanmaktahammül etmek

tolerate

[ˈtɒləreɪt]VT [+heat, pain] →aguantar,soportar; [+person] →tolerar,soportar
I can't tolerate any more →noaguantomás
are we to tolerate this? →¿hemos desoportar esto?
it is not to be tolerated →esintolerable, esinsoportable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tolerate

[ˈtɒləreɪt]vt
(=accept) [+behaviour, person] →tolérer
We will not tolerate such behaviour →Nous netolérerons pas cecomportement.
(=bear) [+pain, discomfort] →supporter
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tolerate

vt
pain, noise, weather etc →ertragen;drug →vertragen
person →tolerieren;behaviour, injustice etc →dulden,tolerieren,hinnehmen;ideas →tolerieren;he cantolerate anything except intolerance →er kann allestolerieren, nur keineIntoleranz;it is not to betolerated →so etwas kann mannichtduldenorhinnehmen;I won’ttolerate this disobedience! →ichdulde diesenUngehorsamnicht!
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tolerate

[ˈtɒləˌreɪt]vt (gen) (Med, Tech) →tollerare,sopportare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tolerate

(ˈtoləreit) verb
to bear or endure; to put up with.I couldn't tolerate his rudeness. verdra يَتَحَمَّل понасям tolerar snášeterträglich tolerere; tåleανέχομαι,υποφέρωtolerar sallima تحمل کردن sietäätolérer לִסבּוֹל सहना podnositi, trpjeti elvisel, tűr menahankan þolatollerare 我慢する 너그럽게 봐주다 pakęsti paciest; samierināties tahan dgntolererentåle,finne seg i,tolerereznosić زغمل، ګالل، وړل: ګذاره كولtolerar a to­le­ra, a suportaтерпеть;выносить tolerovať prenašati tolerisati tolerera อดทนต่อความยากลำบากdayanmak, tahammül etmek 忍受，容忍 терпіти, зносити برداشت کرنا tha thứ忍受
ˈtolerable adjective
1. able to be borne or endured.The heat was barely tolerable. uithoubaar يُمْكِن إحْتِماله поносим tolerável snesitelnýleidlich udholdeligανεκτόςtolerable talutav قابل تحمل siedettävätolérableנסבל सहनीय podnošljiv tűrhető bisa ditahankan þolanlegurtollerabile 我慢できる 참을 수 있는 pakenčiamas []ciešams; izturams boleh tahanverdraaglijkutholdelig znośny په زغمل كيدونكى توګه tolerável supor­tabil, tolerabil выносимый znesiteľný znosen podnošljiv uthärdlig สามารถทนได้ dayanılır, tahammül edilebilir 可忍受的 терпимий, стерпний قابل برداشت có thể tha thứ可忍受的
2. quite good.The food was tolerable. aanvaarbaar جيِّد сносен regular přijatelný die Toleranz ret godυποφερτός, σχετικά καλόςpasable normaalne, pole viga نسبتاً خوب kohtalainenacceptableסביר ठीक ठाक osrednji, podnošljiv elég jó cukup baik þokkaleguraccettabile まあまあの 나쁘지 않은 pakenčiamas ciešams; apmierinošs agak baikredelijkganske bra,brukbar znośny نسبتأ ښه regular ac­cep­tabilсносный prijateľný znosen podnošljiv skaplig ค่อนข้างดี oldukça iyi 尚好的，還可以的 задовільний, досить добрий کافي اچھا tốt 尚好，过得去
ˈtolerance noun
1. the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinionsetc are different from one's own.We should always try to show tolerance to other people. verdraagsaamheid تَسامُح търпимост tolerância snášenlivost die Widerstandsfähigkeit toleranceανεκτικότητα,ανοχήtolerancia tolerantsus بردباری suvaitsevaisuustoléranceסובלנות सहन शक्ति trpeljivost, snošljivost tolerancia tenggang rasa, toleransi umburðarlynditolleranza 寛容 관용 tolerancija tolerance; iecietība toleransiverdraagzaamheidtoleranse,overbærenhet wyrozumiałość زغم، اغماض، پراخه سينه، سړه سينهtolerância toleranţăтерпимость znášanlivosť strpnost tolerancija tolerans ความอดกลั้นhoşgörü,tolerans 寬容，寬大 терпимість, толерантність برداشت، بردباري thông cảm 宽恕，容忍
2. the ability to resist the effects ofeg a drug.If you take a drug regularly, your body gradually acquires a tolerance of it. toleransie إحْتِمال поносимост resistência tolerance die Widerstandsfähigkeit immunitetανοχήtolerancia vastupanujõud سازگاری sietokykytoléranceסובלנות सहनशीलता, सहनशक्ति, सहन, बर्दास्त tolerancija, podnošljivost gyógyszerbírás daya tahan viðnámsþrótturtolleranza 耐性 내성 pripratimas tolerance ketahanan het verdragentoleranse,motstandskraft odporność جوړresistência toleranţă толерантность tolerancia odpornost tolerancija motståndskraft ความสะกดกลั้น dayanma,tahammül 耐受性，耐藥量 стійкість (до ліків); резистентність مزاحمت کي صلاحيت chịu đựng耐药量
ˈtolerant adjective
showing tolerance.He's very tolerant towards his neighbours. verdraagsaam مُتَسامِح толерантен tolerante tolerantnítolerant tolerant; overbærendeανεκτικόςtolerante tolerantne بردبار suvaitsevainentolérant סוֹבלָן सहन शील tolerantan, trpeljiv türelmes bertenggang rasa umburðarlyndurtollerante 寛容な 관대한, 너그러운 tolerantiškas tolerants; iecietīgs bertoleransiverdraagzaamtolerant,frisinnetwyrozumiały غمونكىtolerante tole­rant, îngă­dui­torтерпимый tolerantný strpen tolerantan tolerant ที่มีความอดทนhoşgörülü, toleranslı 寬恕的，容忍的 терпимий, толерантний روادار có lòng khoan dung 宽恕的，容忍的
ˈtolerantly adverb
verdraagsaam بِتَسامُح толерантно com tolerância s pochopením, tolerantnětolerant tolerant; overbærende ανεκτικά con tolerancia, tolerantemente tolerantselt با شکیبایی suvaitsevasti avec tolérance בּסוֹבלָנוּת सहशीलता से strpljivo, snošljivo türelmesen dengan tenggang rasa með umburðarlyndicon tolleranza 寛容に 관대하게, 너그러이 tolerantiškai toleranti; iecietīgi dgn penuh toleransiverdraagzaamtolerant,frisinnet,overbærende wyrozumiale په پراخه سينه com tolerância cu îngăduinţă терпимо ohľaduplne, zhovievavo strpno tolerantno på ett tolerant sätt อย่างอดทน hoşgörülü şekilde, toleransla 寬容地，容忍地 терпимо, толерантно رواداري سے khoan dung 能宽恕地，容忍地
ˌtoleˈration noun
1. the act of tolerating.His toleration of her behaviour amazed me. verdraenheid تَسامُح، إحْتِمال понасяне tolerância tolerování die Duldsamkeit tolerance; overbærenhedανοχήtolerancia talumine بردباری؛ تحمل sietokykytoléranceסובלנות सहन शक्ति strpljenje, podnošenje (el)tűrés ketahanan, toleransi umburðarlynditolleranza 寛容 관용 pakantumas, tolerantiškumas tolerance; iecietīgums toleransiverdraagzaamheidtoleranseakceptacja,tolerowanie زغم، حوصله، ګالنهtolerância to­le­rareтерпимость znášanlivosť, ohľad, tolerancia prenašanje tolerisanje tolerans, fördragsamhet ความอดทนhoşgörü, göz yumma 寬容，容忍 терпимість, толерантність برداشت، تحمل sự khoan dung容忍
2. tolerance,especially in religious matters.The government passed a law of religious toleration. toleransie, verdraagsaamheid تَسامُح ديني толерантност tolerância tolerance die Duldung toleranceανεκτικότητα, ανεξιθρησκείαtolerancia sallivus جایز شماری؛ پذیرش suvaitsevaisuustoléranceסובלנות सहनशक्ति, उदारता tolerancija, trpeljivost tolerancia tenggang rasa umburðarlyndi, frjálslynd stefna (í trúmálum)tolleranza 信教の自由 신앙의 자유 tolerancija tolerance toleransiverdraagzaamheidfrisinn,toleransetolerancja حوصلهtolerância toleranţăтерпимость tolerancia strpnost tolerancija religionsfrihet เสรีภาพในการนับถือศาสนา hoş görme,tolerans 信仰自由 терпимість رواداري sự tha thứ信仰自由
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

tolerate

vt. tolerar, permitir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

tolerate

vt tolerar, soportar, aguantar
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.


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