tolerate

tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit.
2. To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others).
3. To put up with; endure. See synonyms at bear¹.
4. Medicine. To have tolerance for (a substance or pathogen).

[Latin tolerāre, tolerāt-, to bear.]

tolerative tol'er·a'tive adj.
tolerator tol'er·a'tor n.

verb

1. To neither forbid nor prevent: allow, have, let, permit, suffer. See allow/prevent.
2. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook², endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, take, withstand. Informal lump². Idioms: take it, take it lying down. See accept/reject.

v

Definition: allow, indulge
Antonyms: check, disallow, disapprove, halt, stop, veto

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IN BRIEF: Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. Also: Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others).

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares. — Henri Nouwen (1932 - 1996)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tolerere, tåle, finde sig i

Nederlands (Dutch)
(kunnen) verdragen

Français (French)
v. tr. - tolérer, supporter, (Méd) tolérer, supporter (traitement), (Hort) résister à

Deutsch (German)
v. - tolerieren, dulden, ertragen, vertragen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανέχομαι, υπομένω, μακροθυμώ

Italiano (Italian)
tollerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - tolerar, suportar, agüentar

Русский (Russian)
терпеть выносить кого-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - tolerar, soportar, aguantar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tolerera, tillåta, finna sig i

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
忍受, 容许, 不干预, 容忍, 宽恕, 承认, 尊重

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 忍受, 容許, 不干預, 容忍, 寬恕, 承認, 尊重

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 관대하게 다루다, 참다, 내성이 있다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 黙許する, 許容する, 寛大に取り扱う, 我慢する, 対して耐性がある, 寛大に扱う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتسامح, يجيز, يحتمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה סובלני כלפי, סבל, נשא, התיר, הירשה, אפשר‬

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