0 to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
[ + -ing verb ] I won't tolerate lying.
1 to deal with something unpleasant or annoying, or to continue existing despite bad or difficult conditions:
These ants can tolerate temperatures that would kill other species.
2 to bear something unpleasant or annoying, or to keep going despite difficulties:
Athletes often have to tolerate a lot of pain.
3 to accept behavior and beliefs that are different from your own, although you may not agree with or approve of them:
The bacteria have developed an ability to tolerate these drugs.
The soldiers have to tolerate difficult desert conditions.
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.
They entailed tolerating uncertainty wherever reliable foundations could not be found.
If pressure is low, mutations of late-acting genes are tolerated because they affect biological fitness and reproduction only marginally.
We weren't ' enemies of people ' ; they tolerated us (megturtek).
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