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tolerate
('t/A/l/@/,r/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • put up with something or somebody unpleasant(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    He learned to tolerate the heat.
    source: wordnet30
  • recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)(verb.social)
    Example:
    We must tolerate the religions of others.
    source: wordnet30
  • have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition(verb.perception)
    Example:
    The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him.
    source: wordnet30
  • allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting(verb.communication)
    Example:
    We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital.
    Synonym:
    allow, permit
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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