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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

tolerate

/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/

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What does tolerate mean?

verb

  1. To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
  2. To bear, withstand.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/

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But, fair or not fair, there are unbecoming conjunctions, which reason will patronize in vain—which taste cannot tolerate—which ridicule will seize.
Jane AustenPersuasionProject Gutenberg ebook #105
Of a certainty Englishmen in whatever continent or island of this world would never tolerate such a tyrannical interference with their rights.
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722
More book examples (3)
For most of us there are certain opinions that we will not tolerate, and there are others to which we are indifferent.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
At first Trina had been inclined to resent these intrusions of the Mexican woman, but of late she had begun to tolerate them.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
The two other families with whom she lived for a time found it impossible to tolerate the girl on account of her lying.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449