tolerate
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin tolerātus, the perfect passive participle of tolerō (“to endure”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with Old English þolian (“to tolerate, suffer, bear”) and French tolérer. More at thole.
- borrowed from tolerātus
Definitions
To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
- The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
To bear, withstand.
- I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
- The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.
The neighborhood
- synonymcountenance
- synonymhave
- synonymabear
- synonymabide
- synonymaby
- synonymaccept
- synonymallow
- synonymbear
- synonymbide
- synonymbrook
- synonymdree
- synonymendure
- antonymchafe
- antonymdiscriminate
- antonymlose one's temper
- antonymprohibit
- antonymrage
- antonymsnap
- neighbortolerability
- neighbortolerable
- neighbortolerance
- neighbortolerant
- neighbortoleration
- neighboracquiesce
- neighboragree to disagree
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at tolerate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at tolerate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at tolerate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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