tolerance

CEFRB2

/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to accept differences or difficult conditions.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Children exhibit a low tolerance for the frustrations of learning.

  • She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

  3. Resistance to drunkenness.

More examples

In context

  • I have no tolerance of cowards.

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

  • 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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Because of his low blank of spicy food, he cannot eat jalapeños.

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Origin

noun

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”).