tolerable
Use Tolerable in a sentence
ər adjective
1.
capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
2.
fairly good; not bad.
3.
Informal. in fair health.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tolerābilis, equivalent to tolerā(re) to endure + -bilis -ble
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tolerābilis, equivalent to tolerā(re) to endure + -bilis -ble
Related forms
tol·er·a·ble·ness, tol·er·a·bil·i·ty, noun
tol·er·a·bly, adverb
non·tol·er·a·ble, adjective
non·tol·er·a·ble·ness, noun
non·tol·er·a·b·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. bearable, supportable. 2. passable, middling, indifferent, so-so.
1. bearable, supportable. 2. passable, middling, indifferent, so-so.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | able to be tolerated; endurable |
| 2. | permissible |
| 3. | informal fairly good |
| 'tolerableness | |
| —n | |
| tolera'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'tolerably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
tolerable
1422, "bearable," from M.Fr. tolerable (14c.), from L. tolerabilis "that may be endured," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration). Meaning "moderate, middling, not bad" is recorded from 1548.
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Example sentences
They make all the weird travel experiences tolerable.
But the investigators said the side effects in their trials were generally tolerable and the benefits outweighed the risk.
After the soaking, take a minute to remove the stems and seeds, which will reduce the heat to a tolerable level.
Students should be pressuring each other to make the social atmosphere tolerable.
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