tolerate
part of speech
verb (tolerate, tolerates, tolerated, tolerating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To allow something you do not like or agree with, without stopping it. tree →
2) To put up with something unpleasant without complaining. tree →
3) To be able to take something without being harmed, like a plant tolerating frost or a body tolerating a medicine. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school rules: «bullying will not be tolerated» means it will be stopped. In citizenship lessons, tolerating other people's beliefs means respecting differences. In science, some plants tolerate salt or drought. Phrases: «will not be tolerated», «tolerate noise», «can tolerate», «zero tolerance».
examples
- Bullying will not be tolerated at our school. tree →
- I can't tolerate loud noise when I'm reading. tree →
- Cactus plants tolerate dry weather. tree →
- We should tolerate different opinions. tree →
- Some people can't tolerate milk. tree →
- The teacher tolerated a little chatter during art. tree →
- Camels can tolerate great heat. tree →
note
Nouns: «tolerance» (being respectful of differences; also an allowed range in measuring) and «toleration». Adjective: «tolerant». Opposite: «intolerant». In maths and technology, «tolerance» means how far a measurement may be off, like ±1 mm.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tolerate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.