tolerate
11tolerate */ — UK [ˈtɒləreɪt] / US [ˈtɑləˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms tolerate : present tense I/you/we/they tolerate he/she/it tolerates present participle tolerating past tense tolerated past participle tolerated 1) to allow someone to do something… …
12tolerate — [[t]tɒ̱ləreɪt[/t]] tolerates, tolerating, tolerated 1) VERB If you tolerate a situation or person, you accept them although you do not particularly like them. [V n] She can no longer tolerate the position that she s in... [V n] The cousins… …
13tolerate — tol|er|ate [ talə,reıt ] verb transitive * 1. ) to allow someone to do something that you do not like or approve of: Rude behavior should not be tolerated. tolerate someone doing something: He won t tolerate anyone questioning his decisions. 2. ) …
14tolerate — v. (K) I will not tolerate his smoking * * * [ tɒləreɪt] (K) I will not tolerate his smoking …
15tolerate — [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base *tol ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15]. => EXTOL …
16tolerate — verb (T) 1 to allow people to do, say, or believe something without criticizing or punishing them: We simply will not tolerate vigilante groups on our streets. 2 to be able to accept something unpleasant or difficult, even though you do not like… …
17tolerate — verb 1) a regime unwilling to tolerate dissent Syn: allow, permit, condone, accept, swallow, countenance; formal brook; archaic suffer 2) he couldn t tolerate her mood swings any longer Syn: endure, put up with, bear, take …
18tolerate — verb 1) a regime unwilling to tolerate dissent Syn: allow, permit, condone, accept, swallow, countenance 2) he couldn t tolerate her moods any longer Syn: endure, put up with, bear, take …
19tolerate — [ˈtɒləˌreɪt] verb [T] 1) to allow someone to do something that you do not like or approve of He won t tolerate anyone questioning his decisions.[/ex] 2) to accept something that is unpleasant without becoming impatient or angry They have… …
20tolerate — [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base *tol ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15]. Cf.⇒ EXTOL …
