tolerant
Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept somethingTending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
» Are you tolerant?
Ти толерантний?
Ти толерантна?
Ви толерантний?
Ви толерантна?
Ви толерантні?
Meaning
2 sensesTending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
tolerant
терпи́мыйterpímyj, толера́нтныйtolerántnyj
толера́нтнийtolerántnyj
Tending to withstand or survive.
These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
- showing the capacity for endurance
- able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
- showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
- tolerant and forgiving under provocation
Examples
73 sentencesAre you tolerant?
Ти толерантний? — deniko
Tom is tolerant.
Том толерантний. — deniko
ruТом толерантный. — Balamax
deTom ist tolerant. — Felixjp
Let's try to be more tolerant.
ruПостараемся быть толерантнее. — marafon
You need to be more tolerant.
Tom isn't as tolerant as I am.
Translations
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Origin
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present pEither borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
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Forms
more tolerant, most tolerant| Comparative | more tolerant Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most tolerant Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
21 synonyms- showing the capacity for endurance:patient of
- able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress:resistant
- tolerant and forgiving under provocation:kind
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness:broadlarge-mindedliberal
Antonyms
18 antonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
4 patterns- as tolerant as
- be more tolerant
- more tolerant
- been very tolerant