tolerate
To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negativeTo allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
» I'm not going to tolerate this kind of behavior anymore.
Я більше не буду терпіти подібної поведінки.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
tolerieren, dulden, vertragen
терпе́тьterpétʹ, вы́терпетьvýterpetʹ, допуска́тьdopuskátʹ
допуска́тиdopuskáty, допусти́тиdopustýty, толерува́тиtoleruváty
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
(transitive)To bear, withstand.
I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.
терпе́тьterpétʹ, потерпе́тьpoterpétʹ, вы́терпетьvýterpetʹ
терпі́тиterpíty, потерпі́тиpoterpíty, зно́ситиznósyty
Examples
228 sentencesI'm not going to tolerate this kind of behavior anymore.
Я більше не буду терпіти подібної поведінки.
I can't tolerate that.
Я цього не виношу.
ruЯ этого не выношу.
We can't tolerate that.
Ми цього не можемо терпіти.
I won't tolerate it anymore.
Я терпіти цього більше не буду.
ruЯ больше этого не потерплю.
We won't tolerate any looting.
Ми не потерпимо мародерства.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), seeBorrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole.
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Forms
tolerates, tolerating, tolerated, toleratedSynonyms
36 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle