Meaning

6 senses
  1. (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

    Toleranz

    терпи́мостьterpímostʹ, толера́нтностьtolerántnostʹ, толера́стияtolerástija

    терпи́містьterpýmistʹ, толера́нтністьtolerántnistʹ

    willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others

  2. (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.

  3. 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.

    (uncountable)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.

  4. (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.

    Toleranz

    до́пускdópusk

  5. (uncountable)The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

  6. (obsolete, uncountable)The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

    Toleranz

    терпе́ниеterpénije

Examples

72 sentences
  1. Tom has a low tolerance for pain.

    ruУ Тома низкий болевой порог. — odexed

  2. I have a low tolerance for pain.

    ruУ меня низкий болевой порог. — Wezel

  3. Peace cannot exist without cooperation and tolerance.

    Миру не може бути без співробітництва та терпимості. — deniko

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  4. Peace cannot exist without tolerance.

    Миру не може бути без терпимості. — deniko

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  5. I have no tolerance of cowards.

    ruЯ не терплю трусов. — afyodor

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ability or practice of tolerating:
Русский
By meaning 3
ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance:
ability or practice of tolerating:
permitted deviation from standard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ability to endure pain or hardship — see also endurance:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English toleraunce, borrowed from Old French tolerance, from Latin t

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”).

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