HOW TO PRONOUNCE
tolerate
/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/
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What does tolerate mean?
verb
- To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
- 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.
Of a certainty Englishmen in whatever continent or island of this world would never tolerate such a tyrannical interference with their rights.
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For most of us there are certain opinions that we will not tolerate, and there are others to which we are indifferent.
At first Trina had been inclined to resent these intrusions of the Mexican woman, but of late she had begun to tolerate them.
The two other families with whom she lived for a time found it impossible to tolerate the girl on account of her lying.