tolerancenoun
uk/ˈtɒl.ər.əns/us/ˈtɑː.lɚ.əns/tolerance noun (ACCEPTANCE)
C2 [ U ] formal toleration, willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them:
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- The book is essentially an exhortation to religious tolerance.
- My father never showed much tolerance towards us children.
- He asked for tolerance of his habits.
- The two peoples lived together in mutual tolerance.
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Open-minded
- broad-minded
- enlightened
- freethinker
- inclusive
- liberal
- liberalize
- live
- live and let live idiom
- non-judgmental
- open mind
- open-minded
- permissive society
- receptive
- tolerant
tolerance noun (ABILITY TO DEAL WITH)
[ U ] the ability to deal with something unpleasant or annoying, or to continue existing despite bad or difficult conditions:
[ U ] specialized biology an animal's or plant's ability not to be harmed by a drug or poison over a long period of time:
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Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance
- philosophically
- resign yourself to sth
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- sit sth out
- stand for sth
- stew
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- sweat it out idiom
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tolerance noun (VARIATION)
[ C or U ] specialized engineering, mathematics the amount by which a measurement or calculation might change and still be acceptable:
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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