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1. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant
   "he learned to tolerate the heat"
   - digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
    
2. Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
   "We must tolerate the religions of others"
    
3. Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
   "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
    
4. Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
   "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
   - allow, permit

Derived forms: tolerating, tolerated, tolerates

See also: tolerance, tolerant, toleration

Type of: abide by, allow, countenance, endure, fete, fête, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], let, observe, permit, respect, suffer

Encyclopedia: Tolerate