Meaning

2 senses

  1. (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

  2. (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 sentences

  1. I'm not going to tolerate this kind of behavior anymore.

    Я більше не буду терпіти подібної поведінки. — deniko

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  2. I can't tolerate that.

    Я цього не виношу. — deniko

    ruЯ этого не выношу. — marafon

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  3. We can't tolerate that.

    Ми цього не можемо терпіти. — deniko

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  4. I won't tolerate it anymore.

    Я терпіти цього більше не буду. — Anjy

    ruЯ больше этого не потерплю. — mrtaistoi

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  5. We won't tolerate any looting.

    Ми не потерпимо мародерства. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
To allow without explicit approval:
to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand:
Русский
By meaning 2
To allow without explicit approval:
to bear, withstand — see also bear, put up with, stand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To allow without explicit approval:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see

Borrowed 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, tolerated
Base formtolerate · to tolerate
3rd person singulartolerates
Present participletolerating
Past simpletolerated
Past participletolerated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytolerate
he, she, ittolerates

Past simpleLesson

all personstolerated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tolerate

Synonyms

36 synonyms
allowA2takeA1endureB1bearA2standA2haveA1acceptA2passA2pocketA1stickB1stomachA2sufferB1swallowA2undergoB1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms
chafediscriminateB2lose one's temperprohibitB2rageB1snapB2

Word family

8 related words
RelatedtolerantB2tolerabilitytolerabletolerancetoleration
Derivedtoleratabletolerativetolerator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tolerancetolerantB2tollB2tom

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