{
    "term": "tolerate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "tolerate",
            "heSheIt": "tolerates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "tolerated",
        "pastParticiple": "tolerated",
        "ingForm": "tolerating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to allow somebody to do something that you do not agree with or like",
            "sensetop": "tolerate somethingtolerate (somebody/something) doing/being/having something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their relationship was tolerated but not encouraged.",
                    "contextForm": "tolerate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This sort of behaviour will not be tolerated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She refused to tolerate being called a liar.",
                    "contextForm": "tolerate (somebody/something) doing/being/having something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will not tolerate this conduct!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is technically illegal but widely tolerated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She actually seemed pleased to see him: most of her visitors she merely tolerated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The condition makes it difficult to tolerate bright light."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is not prepared to tolerate this situation any longer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This plant prefers alkaline soil, though it will readily tolerate some acidity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This plant will readily tolerate some acidity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Union activity was officially tolerated but strongly discouraged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how you tolerate that noise!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most perennials will tolerate being transplanted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young and elderly people cannot tolerate alcohol as well as other adults."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["barely", "just", "merely"],
                "verb + tolerate": ["be unable to", "cannot", "not be prepared to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to accept somebody/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc. without complaining",
            "sensetop": "tolerate somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is a limit to what one person can tolerate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't know how you tolerate that noise!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["barely", "just", "merely"],
                "verb + tolerate": ["be unable to", "cannot", "not be prepared to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be able to be affected by a drug, difficult conditions, etc. without being harmed",
            "sensetop": "tolerate something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She tolerated the chemotherapy well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Few plants will tolerate sudden changes in temperature."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["readily", "well", "poorly"],
                "verb + tolerate": ["be unable to", "cannot", "will not"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒləreɪt/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒləreɪts/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒləreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɒləreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɑːləreɪt/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɑːləreɪts/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɑːləreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɑːləreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "to/tolerate/tolerating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘endure pain’): from Latin tolerat- ‘endured’, from the verb tolerare."
}