0 past simple and past participle of tolerate
1 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.
2 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.
The bacteria have developed an ability to tolerate these drugs.
The soldiers have to tolerate difficult desert conditions.
While the language allows syllables to occur without onsets, there appears to be a limit to how many will be tolerated.
Long-term treatment was generally well tolerated with most adverse events being in the mild-to-moderate range of severity.
While minor residual hemodynamic abnormalities appear well tolerated over the intermediate period, continued follow-up is warranted.
The few political newspapers tolerated by the censor did not satisfy the desire for information.
Parasites, if they possess quantities of epicuticular hydrocarbons near the threshold level necessary to be perceived by hosts, could be more tolerated by hosts.
