Tolerate - English meaning

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

verb

To agree to take something

Usage examples:

Do you accept credit cards?, she was in mumbai to accept an award for her latest novel., i offered …

verb

To say yes to an offer or invitation

Usage examples:

We've offered her the job, but i don't know whether she'll accept it., i've just accepted an invita…

verb

Let (someone) have or do something.

Usage examples:

The dissident was allowed to leave the country

verb

To let someone do something or let something happen; permit

Usage examples:

You’re not allowed to talk during the exam., are you allowed in the building on weekends?, video li…

verb

To make it possible for someone to do something, or to not prevent something from happening

Usage examples:

Allow sb/sth to do sth the website allows consumers to compare the prices of all energy and telepho…

verb

Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).

Usage examples:

The troops were authorized to use force

verb

To give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something

Usage examples:

Who authorized this expenditure?, [ + to infinitive ] i authorized my bank to pay her £3,000.

verb

Carry the weight of; support.

Usage examples:

The bees form large colonies and need the thick branches of tall trees to bear the weight of their …

noun

A large, heavy mammal that walks on the soles of its feet, having thick fur and a very short tail. bears are related to the dog family but most species are omnivorous.

Usage examples:

Recent dna analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas ar…

noun

Be pregnant with

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

The lake district boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks

verb

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).

Usage examples:

Jenny would brook no criticism of matthew

noun

A small stream

Usage examples:

A brook runs past the house., she won’t brook any criticism of her work.

verb

Accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive).

Usage examples:

The college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs

verb

To ignore or accept behavior that some people consider wrong

Usage examples:

I don’t condone such rude behavior.

verb

To accept or allow behaviour that is wrong

Usage examples:

If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.

noun

A person's face or facial expression.

Usage examples:

His impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away

verb

Admit as acceptable or possible.

Usage examples:

He was reluctant to countenance the use of force

noun

The appearance or expression of someone’s face

Usage examples:

[ c ] her countenance masked her feelings., this school will not countenance lateness.

verb

Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.

Usage examples:

It seemed impossible that anyone could endure such pain

verb

Undergo or be subjected to

verb

To experience and bear something difficult, painful, or unpleasant

Usage examples:

[ t ] we had to endure a nine-hour delay at the airport.

verb

Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of.

Usage examples:

We indulged in a cream tea

verb

To allow yourself or someone else to have something enjoyable

Usage examples:

[ i ] when i get my first paycheck i’m going to indulge in a shopping spree., [ t ] he indulged his…

verb

To allow yourself or another person to have something enjoyable, especially more than is good for you

Usage examples:

The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs., i love champagne but i …

verb

Officially allow (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The law permits councils to monitor any factory emitting smoke

noun

An official document giving someone authorization to do something.

Usage examples:

He is only in britain on a work permit

noun

A deep-bodied fish of the jack family, found in warm waters of the western atlantic and caribbean and caught for food and sport.

Usage examples:

He told me that there were snook and tarpon (as i already knew) and there were large bonefish and p…

phrasal verb

To accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly

Usage examples:

I can put up with the house being messy, but i hate it if it's not clean., he's so moody - i don't …

phrasal verb

To be willing to accept someone or something that is unpleasant or not desirable

Usage examples:

I don’t know why she puts up with him.

preposition

In the matter of (used typically as the first word in the heading of an official document or to introduce a reference in a formal letter).

Usage examples:

Re: invoice 87

noun

Variant spelling of ray3.

abbreviation

Are (usually after the pronouns you, we, and they).

Usage examples:

We're a bit worried

noun

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

Usage examples:

A range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse

verb

Give official permission or approval for (an action).

Usage examples:

The scheme was sanctioned by the court

noun

Approval or permission

Usage examples:

To be just, a government must have the sanction of the governed., trade/economic sanctions, the un …

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Usage examples:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

An attitude towards a particular issue; a position taken in an argument.

Usage examples:

The party's tough stand on immigration

verb

Be standing; be upright

noun

The internal organ in which the major part of the digestion of food occurs, being (in humans and many mammals) a pear-shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine.

Usage examples:

Severe stomach pains

verb

Consume (food or drink) without feeling or being sick.

Usage examples:

If you cannot stomach orange juice, try apple juice

noun

An organ in the body where food is digested

Usage examples:

I used to watch the tv news all the time, but i no longer have the stomach for it., vernon was simp…

verb

Bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Usage examples:

The dome was supported by a hundred white columns

noun

A thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it upright.

Usage examples:

The best support for a camera is a tripod

verb

The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

verb

Cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.

Usage examples:

She swallowed a mouthful slowly

noun

An act of swallowing something, especially food or drink.

Usage examples:

He downed his drink in one swallow

noun

A migratory swift-flying songbird with a forked tail and long pointed wings, feeding on insects in flight.

Usage examples:

The central aim of our study was to demonstrate that both natural and sexual selection have been im…

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

verb

Experience or be subjected to (something, typically something unpleasant or arduous).

Usage examples:

He underwent a life-saving brain operation

verb

To experience something that is unpleasant or has a strong effect

Usage examples:

He recently underwent heart bypass surgery.