TOLERATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of tolerate in English

(Definition of tolerate from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of tolerate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of tolerate

tolerate
Even the indiscipline of the soldiers was tolerated for a time.
Even tragedy could be tolerated, but no staged death.
If such a trade-off exists, one benefit of tolerating a higher rate of inflation will be a lower level of unemployment.
Intercourse, since it usually produced offspring, was only to be tolerated in a controlled and formalized context.
Rhetorical decorum, however, tolerates what is unauthorised, unprecedented, and unnatural for the sake of effective communication.
Cardiac catheterization was well tolerated in all but the two cases with obstruction.
However, lamotrigine has been well tolerated as long-term treatment in pediatric patients with epilepsy.
Freedom and relative material well-being have never been granted the proletariat by the bourgeoisie other than as something to be tolerated provisionally.
All infants tolerated the increase in left ventricular pressure work well.
Efforts at cultural competency need to avoid the facile equation of cultural understanding and sensitivity with tolerating all of any culture's practices.
An oft-quoted example is chastity for religious reasons - which goes against the precepts of the natural law, but can be still tolerated, even celebrated.
On the other hand, demands to jump the queue that are not based on need should not be tolerated.
While minor residual hemodynamic abnormalities appear well tolerated over the intermediate period, continued follow-up is warranted.
The most serious danger that threatens humanity is a consumerist ethic which tolerates only one absolute value, individual freedom to choose among available commodities.
The citalopram appeared to be well tolerated with many quality-of-life and potential toxicity symptoms much improved compared to the baseline week.
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Translations of tolerate

in Chinese (Traditional)
接受, 寬容, 容忍…
in Chinese (Simplified)
接受, 宽容, 容忍…
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tolerar…
in Portuguese
tolerar, suportar…
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सहन करणे, अप्रिय किंवा त्रासदायक काहीतरी हाताळणे किंवा वाईट किंवा कठीण परिस्थिती असूनही अस्तित्वात राहण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करणे…
~を容認する, 我慢する, 許容(きょよう)する…
katlanmak, hoşgörmek, tolere etmek…
tolérer, supporter…
tolerar…
tolereren…
உங்கள் சொந்தத்திலிருந்து வேறுபட்ட நடத்தை மற்றும் நம்பிக்கைகளை ஏற்றுக்கொள்வது, இருப்பினும் நீங்கள் அவற்றை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளவோ அல்லது அங்கீகரிக்கவோ கூடாது, விரும்பத்தகாத அல்லது எரிச்சலூட்டும் ஒன்றைச் சமாளிப்பது அல்லது மோசமான அல்லது கடினமான சூழ்நிலைகள் இருந்தபோதிலும் தொடர்ந்து இருப்பது…
(अपने सिद्धांतों से भिन्न विचारधारा या व्यवहार को) सहन करना, बर्दाश्त करना, सहना…
સહન કરવું…
tolerere, tåle…
tolerera…
tahan dgn…
erträglich…
tolerere, holde ut, tåle…
برداشت کرنا…
терпіти, зносити…
терпеть, выносить, выдерживать…
సహించు, అప్రియమైన వాటితో లేదా బాధించేవాటితో వ్యవహరించు లేదా చెడు లేదా క్లిష్ట పరిస్థితులు ఉన్నప్పటికీ ఉనికిని కొనసాగించు…
يَتسامَح…
সহ্য করা…
snášet…
menahankan…
อดทนต่อความยากลำบาก…
tha thứ…
tolerować, znosić…
참다, 용인하다…
tollerare…
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