tolerance

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UK /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ US /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

great, high, remarkable | low

amused, patronising

My teacher listened to our complaints with patronising tolerance, as if we were too young to understand the real world.

political, racial, religious

zero (of crime)

The school adopted a zero tolerance approach toward bullying in the classroom.

QUANT

degree, level

VERB + TOLERANCE

have | show | lack | learn

TOLERANCE + NOUN

level

PREP

~ for

My grandmother has great tolerance for noise because she worked in a factory for decades.

~ of

The coach appreciated her team's tolerance of different playing styles and backgrounds.

~ to

Young children often develop tolerance to certain foods they once disliked.

~ towards

His attitude towards different religions has grown more tolerant over the years.

Definitions

noun

The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

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.

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.

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.

The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

verb

To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

permissiveness

noun — a permissible difference

Antonyms

unpermissiveness
restrictiveness
intolerance

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.

Wiktionary

Children exhibit a low tolerance for the frustrations of learning.

Tatoeba · #245724

I have no tolerance of cowards.

Tatoeba · #259937

By reading books and discussing concepts, a person can gain wisdom and tolerance of differing ideas.

Tatoeba · #322095

And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

Tatoeba · #376895

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tolerance is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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