TOLERABLE
\tˈɒləɹəbə͡l], \tˈɒləɹəbəl], \t_ˈɒ_l_ə_ɹ_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of TOLERABLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
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able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
By Princeton University
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neither good nor bad; "an indifferent performance"; "a gifted painter but an indifferent actor"; "her work at the office is passable"; "a so-so golfer"; "feeling only so-so"; "prepared a tolerable dinner"; "a tolerable working knowledge of French"
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capable of being tolerated; "sufferable difficulties"
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able to be tolerated or endured; "the climate is at least tolerable"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
By Oddity Software
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Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
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Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.
By Noah Webster.
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Capable of being borne or endured; as, his conduct was scarcelv tolerable; endurable; supportable; fairly good; as, the work was tolerable.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That may be endured; moderately good.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Passably good; commonplace.
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Supportable.
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Allowable.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That may be endured; supportable, either physically or mentally; moderately good or agreeable.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
