tolerance en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
- /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- (California) audio
- [ˈtɔ̟l.ə.ɹəns] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/ (Australia)
- /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English toleraunce, borrowed from Old French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerāns, present participle of, and participial adjective from Latin tolerō (“to endure”).
Meanings
- (obsolete, uncountable) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
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(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
Near-synonym: forbearance
Both [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and [David] Ben-Gurion also wrote songs of praise to the Ottoman Empire, its tolerance toward ethnic minorities in general — and to Jews in particular — as well as to the democratic changes it was undergoing.
2019 July 21, Dmitry Shumsky, “When Zionism imagined Jewish nationalism without supremacy”, in +972 Magazine:
- (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.
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(uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. ▸ Resistance to drunkenness.
Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
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(countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tolerances | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
xenotolerance · paradox of tolerance · halotolerance · cryotolerance · aerotolerance · autotolerance · immunotolerance · xerotolerance · hypertolerance · house of tolerance · barotolerance · tolerance break · pseudotolerance · zero tolerance · crosstolerance · nontolerance · psychrotolerance · thermotolerance · Byzantine fault tolerance · homotolerance · trypanotolerance · osmotolerance · heterotolerance · chronotolerance · chaotolerance · radiotolerance · phototolerance
Hyponyms
fault tolerance (deviation from a standard)
Relateds
toleration · intolerance · tolerability · tolerable · tolerant · tolerate
Synonyms
Translations (106)
fi toleranssi (permitted deviation from standard) · cmn 公差 (permitted deviation from standard) · cs tolerance (ability or practice of tolerating) · tr tolerans (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · he סובלנות (ability or practice of tolerating) · pt tolerância (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka გამძლეობა (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · sv tolerans (ability or practice of tolerating) · ml സഹിഷ്ണുത (ability or practice of tolerating) · sh podnošljivost (ability or practice of tolerating) · uk толера́нтність (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka ტოლერანტობა (ability or practice of tolerating) · yue 公差 (permitted deviation from standard) · sgs tuolerancėjė (ability or practice of tolerating) · ro rezistență (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · fa مدارامنشی (ability or practice of tolerating) · ro toleranță (permitted deviation from standard) · nb toleranse (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · nb toleranse (ability or practice of tolerating) · az tolerantlıq (ability or practice of tolerating) · ga fulaingt (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · nn toleranse (ability or practice of tolerating) · te సహనం (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka ამტანობა (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · ru толера́нтность (ability or practice of tolerating) · bg толерантност (ability or practice of tolerating) · fi kestävyys (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · eo tolereco (ability or practice of tolerating) · lt tolerancija (ability or practice of tolerating) · fi vastustuskyky (ability of the body to resist the action of a poison or infection) · cmn 寬容 /宽容 (ability or practice of tolerating) · de Toleranz (ability or practice of tolerating) · kk толеранттылық (ability or practice of tolerating) · lt pakantumas (ability or practice of tolerating) · uk терпи́мість (ability or practice of tolerating) · te సహనం (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · fa بردباری (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · nn toleranse (permitted deviation from standard) · tr tolerans (ability or practice of tolerating) · el ανοχή (permitted deviation from standard) · fr tolérance (ability or practice of tolerating) · ro toleranță (ability or practice of tolerating) · ru терпе́ние (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · tr anlayış (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · mi manawatoa (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · bn সহন (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · tr müsamaha (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · lv tolerance (ability or practice of tolerating) · ru терпи́мость (ability or practice of tolerating) · cs snášenlivost (ability or practice of tolerating) · fa رواداری (ability or practice of tolerating) · ar تَسَامُح (ability or practice of tolerating) · nl verdraagzaamheid (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka ამტანიანობა (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · ru толера́стия (ability or practice of tolerating) · grc ἀνοχή (ability or practice of tolerating) · ar تَحَمُّل (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · de Toleranz (permitted deviation from standard) · bg толеранс (permitted deviation from standard) · sh tolerancija (ability or practice of tolerating) · nrf toléthance (ability or practice of tolerating) · de Toleranz (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · az dözümlülük (ability or practice of tolerating) · nb toleranse (permitted deviation from standard) · es tolerancia (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · lt pakanta (ability or practice of tolerating) · sv fördragsamhet (ability or practice of tolerating) · ro acceptare (permitted deviation from standard) · fa تاوندگی (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · nl tolerantie (ability or practice of tolerating) · kk төзімділік (ability or practice of tolerating) · az dözüm (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · bg търпимост (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · pl tolerancja (ability or practice of tolerating) · id toleransi (ability or practice of tolerating) · it tolleranza (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · es tolerancia (permitted deviation from standard) · id tasamuh (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka შემწყნარებლობა (ability or practice of tolerating) · kk толеранттық (ability or practice of tolerating) · fi suvaitsevaisuus (ability or practice of tolerating) · ru до́пуск (permitted deviation from standard) · it tolleranza (ability or practice of tolerating) · hy հանդուրժողականություն (ability or practice of tolerating) · ca tolerància (ability or practice of tolerating) · ka ტოლერანტულობა (ability or practice of tolerating) · el ανοχή (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · el ανοχή (ability or practice of tolerating) · sv tolerans (permitted deviation from standard) · el ανεκτικότητα (ability or practice of tolerating) · fi toleranssi (ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection) · sh trpeljivost (ability or practice of tolerating) · tr hoşgörü (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · fr tolérance (permitted deviation from standard) · tr tolerans (permitted deviation from standard) · da tolerance (permitted deviation from standard) · kk көнбістік (ability or practice of tolerating) · fi kestokyky (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · ja 寛容 (ability or practice of tolerating) · id tenggang rasa (ability or practice of tolerating) · ro toleranță (ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance) · kk шыдамдылық (ability or practice of tolerating) · kk тағаттылық (ability or practice of tolerating) · es tolerancia (ability or practice of tolerating) · da tolerance (ability or practice of tolerating) · bn ক্ষমা (ability or practice of tolerating)