Definition: 1. To allow someone to do something that you do not agree with or like. 2. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. 3. Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others). 4. Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen. 5. Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting.
Use 'tolerate' in a sentence:
1. We have to tolerate each other's little foibles.
2. On no account can we tolerate violence against children.
3. Deviation from the norm is not tolerated.
4. She disliked Dido but was prepared to tolerate her for a weekend in order to humour her husband.
5. Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools.
6. Humanity cannot tolerate such guilt.
7. Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security procedures in return for increased safety.
8. The party does not tolerate dissenters in its ranks.
9. The harassment had become too much to tolerate and he decided to move out.
10. You might tolerate the odd road-hog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the rule.
11. She refused to tolerate being called a liar.
12. She can no longer tolerate the position that she's in.
13. Reporters can tolerate rejection of their ideas if they believe they were given a fair hearing.
14. We can't tolerate his mistakes.
15. They have to tolerate the bad tempers of colleagues frustrated at the number of times they've had to call the help desk for the same issue.
16. Although most plants cannot survive in these soils, certain plants have the ability to tolerate high levels of these minerals.
17. I can just about tolerate it at the moment.
18. We cannot tolerate such waste.
19. They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.
20. In contrast, a complex climax community, such as a temperate forest, will tolerate considerable damage from weather to pests.
21. I will not tolerate bad language in this house.
22. This is more than she can tolerate.
23. Surely, we tolerate all opinions here.
24. They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways.
25. Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty easily, but passengers with heart disease may experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood.
26. If this can be tolerated, what cannot?
27. Political dissent would no longer be tolerated.
28. Lying is something that I will not tolerate.
29. The teacher cannot tolerate eating on the class.
30. He can't tolerate dissenting views.
31. The ability to tolerate pain varies from person to person.
32. Psychologist Todd Kashdan has this advice for those people taking up a new passion: "As a newcomer, you also have to tolerate and laugh at your own ignorance."
33. Elizabeth tolerated Sarah's antics.
34. American customers no longer tolerate shoddy goods.
35. I tolerate her religion because she has a right to her beliefs.
36. They are unable to tolerate the increasing salt content of the Mediterranean.
37. Perhaps dinosaurs could not tolerate these extreme temperature changes and became extinct.
38. The cousins tolerated each other, but did not really get on well together.
39. Few plants will tolerate sudden changes in temperature.
40. How can a country tolerate external interference in its internal affairs?
41. Match officials should not tolerate such behaviour but instead enforce the laws of the game.
42. Mr O'Friel made it clear that further insults of this kind would not be tolerated.
43. "Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water," says David Harper, a professor at the University of Leicester.
44. I don't know how you tolerate that noise!
45. There is a limit to what one person can tolerate.
46. She tolerated the chemotherapy well.
47. This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.
48. Equally, friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to tolerate differences of opinion.
49. Our host was arrogant and offensive. How his sweet wife could tolerate such a horror was baffling.
50. The hardy animals tolerate urban and suburban environments quite well.
51. Their relationship was tolerated but not encouraged.
