Tolerance Meaning
/ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
nounThe ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
Sentence Examples
Children exhibit a low tolerance for the frustrations of learning.
I have no tolerance of cowards.
She had no tolerance for jokes of any kind.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of his low ____ of spicy food, he cannot eat jalapeños.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is important to have ____ and respect for the many different beliefs and lifestyles of people in our community today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of his low ____ of spicy food, he cannot eat jalapeños.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is important to have ____ and respect for the many different beliefs and lifestyles of people in our community today.