Meaning

1 senses
  1. To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.

    The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.

    I won't countenance other than compunctious semblances for such a grievous blunder.

    billigen, dulden

    терпеть, одобрять, разрешать

More definitions
  • consent to, give permission; permit

Examples

20 sentences
  1. They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.

    Вони відмовилися підтримати будь-яку пропозицію про угоду про розподіл влади з чоловіком, якого вони вважали радикалом. — evabarczak

    ruОни отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом. — evabarczak

    deSie lehnten jeden Versuch ab, eine Vereinbarung über die Teilung der Macht mit einem Mann zu schließen, den sie für radikal hielten. — evabarczak

  2. I carried brightness on my countenance.

  3. The old man had a noble countenance.

    deDer alte Mann hatte einen vornehmen Gesichtsausdruck. — xtofu80

  4. His remark put me out of countenance.

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  5. He changed his countenance at the news.

    ruУзнав эти новости, он изменился в лице. — wondersz1

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
tolerate, support, sanction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tolerate, support, sanction:

Origin

From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old Frenc

From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old French contenance, from the present participle of contenir, or from Late Latin continentia, and therefore a doublet of continence.

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Forms

countenances, countenancing, countenanced, countenanced
Base formcountenance · to countenance
3rd person singularcountenances
Present participlecountenancing
Past simplecountenanced
Past participlecountenanced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycountenance
he, she, itcountenances

Past simpleLesson

all personscountenanced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave countenanced
he, she, ithas countenanced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill countenance

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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