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Tolerate| Verb | 1. | tolerate - 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"brook, endure, stomach, abide, bear, digest, stick out, suffer, put up, stand, support 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 idiosyncracies" 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 one expense; "Can't you take a joke?" 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 - endure (emotional pain); "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" | | | 2. | tolerate - recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others); "We must tolerate the religions of others" | | | 3. | tolerate - have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"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 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" | |
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