tolerance

tol·er·ance

 (tŏl′ər-əns)

n.

1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.

2.

a. Leeway for variation from a standard.

b. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.

3. The capacity to endure hardship or pain.

4.

a. Physiological resistance to a toxin.

b. Diminution in the physiological response to a drug that occurs after continued use, necessitating larger doses to produce a given response.

c. The ability to digest or metabolize a food, drug, or other substance or compound: glucose tolerance.

5.

a. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.

b. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunologic reaction.

6. The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.

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tolerance

(ˈtɒlərəns)

n

1. the state or quality of being tolerant

2. capacity to endure something, esp pain or hardship

3. (Mechanical Engineering) the permitted variation in some measurement or other characteristic of an object or workpiece

4. (Physiology) physiol the capacity of an organism to endure the effects of a poison or other substance, esp after it has been taken over a prolonged period

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tol•er•ance

(ˈtɒl ər əns)

n.

1. a fair and permissive attitude toward those whose race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.

2. a fair and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.

3. any liberal, undogmatic viewpoint.

4. the act or capacity of enduring; endurance: My tolerance of noise is limited.

5.

a. the power of enduring or resisting the action of a drug, poison, etc.

b. the lack of, or low levels of, immune response to transplanted tissue or other foreign substance.

6. Mach.

a. the permissible range of variation in a dimension of an object.

b. the permissible variation of an object in some characteristic such as hardness, weight, or quantity.

7. a permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coin.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tolerance - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions endurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance" capacity - tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
	2.	tolerance - a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior permissiveness disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition" toleration, sufferance, acceptance - a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child" overtolerance - too much permissiveness
	3.	tolerance - the act of tolerating something   lenience, leniency - lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers allowance - the act of allowing; "He objected to the allowance of smoking in the dining room"
	4.	tolerance - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" broad-mindedness - an inclination to tolerate or overlook opposing or shocking opinions or behavior liberality, liberalness - an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom disinterest, neutrality - tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement intolerance - unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
	5.	tolerance - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, allowance, margin discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

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tolerance

noun

1. broad-mindedness, charity, sympathy, patience, indulgence, forbearance, permissiveness, magnanimity, open-mindedness, sufferance, lenity his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature
broad-mindedness discrimination, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, sectarianism, narrow-mindedness

2. endurance, resistance, stamina, fortitude, resilience, toughness, staying power, hardness, hardiness She has a high tolerance for pain.

3. resistance, immunity, resilience, non-susceptibility Your body will build up a tolerance to most drugs.

Quotations
"Live and let live" [J.C.F. Schiller Wallenstein's Camp]
"Tolerance is only another name for indifference" [W. Somerset Maugham]
"Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition" [Goethe]

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tolerance

noun

1. Forbearing or lenient treatment:

charitableness, charity, forbearance, indulgence, lenience, leniency, lenity, toleration.

2. The capacity of enduring hardship or inconvenience without complaint:

forbearance, long-suffering, patience, resignation.

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Translations

إحْتِمالتَسامُح

snášenlivosttolerance

immunitettolerance

ToleranzWiderstandsfähigkeit

ανοχή

toleranciaaguante

tolérance

gyógyszerbírás

umburîarlyndiviînámsòróttur

tolleranza

motstandskraft

znášanlivosť

strpnost

dayanmahoşgörütahammültolerans

容忍宽恕耐药量

tolerance

[ˈtɒlərəns] N → tolerancia f
she had shown great tolerance → había mostrado una gran tolerancia
he had built up a tolerance to his medication (= receptiveness) → cada vez toleraba mejor la medicación; (= resistance) → la medicación ya no le surtía efecto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tolerance

[ˈtɒlərəns] n

(= tolerant attitude) → tolérance f

[drug, substance] → tolérance f
tolerance for sth → tolérance à qch

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tolerance

n

→ Toleranz f, → Duldsamkeit f → (of, for, towards gegenüber); (towards children, one’s juniors) → Nachsicht f → (of mit); racial tolerance → Toleranz in Rassenfragen; I have no tolerance for such behaviour → für solch ein Benehmen habe ich kein Verständnis

(Med, Tech) → Toleranz f; to work to fine tolerances → mit kleinen or engen Toleranzen arbeiten

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tolerance

[ˈtɒlər/əns] n (of pain, hardship) → sopportazione f; (of behaviour) (Med, Tech) → tolleranza

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tolerate

(ˈtoləreit) verb

to bear or endure; to put up with. I couldn't tolerate his rudeness. verdra يَتَحَمَّل понасям tolerar snášet erträglich tolerere; tåle ανέχομαι, υποφέρωtolerar sallima تحمل کردن sietää tolérer לִסבּוֹל सहना podnositi, trpjeti elvisel, tűr menahankan þola tollerare 我慢する 너그럽게 봐주다 pakęsti paciest; samierināties tahan dgn tolererentåle, finne seg i, tolerereznosić زغمل، ګالل، وړل: ګذاره كول tolerar a to­le­ra, a suporta терпеть; выносить tolerovať prenašati tolerisati tolerera อดทนต่อความยากลำบาก dayanmak, tahammül etmek 忍受，容忍 терпіти, зносити برداشت کرنا tha thứ 忍受

ˈtolerable adjective

1. able to be borne or endured. The heat was barely tolerable. uithoubaar يُمْكِن إحْتِماله поносим tolerável snesitelný leidlich udholdelig ανεκτόςtolerable talutav قابل تحمل siedettävä tolérableנסבל सहनीय podnošljiv tűrhető bisa ditahankan þolanlegur tollerabile 我慢できる 참을 수 있는 pakenčiamas []ciešams; izturams boleh tahan verdraaglijkutholdelig znośny په زغمل كيدونكى توګه tolerável supor­tabil, tolerabil выносимый znesiteľný znosen podnošljiv uthärdlig สามารถทนได้ dayanılır, tahammül edilebilir 可忍受的 терпимий, стерпний قابل برداشت có thể tha thứ 可忍受的

2. quite good. The food was tolerable. aanvaarbaar جيِّد сносен regular přijatelný die Toleranz ret god υποφερτός, σχετικά καλός pasable normaalne, pole viga نسبتاً خوب kohtalainen acceptableסביר ठीक ठाक osrednji, podnošljiv elég jó cukup baik þokkalegur accettabile まあまあの 나쁘지 않은 pakenčiamas ciešams; apmierinošs agak baik redelijkganske bra, brukbar znośny نسبتأ ښه regular ac­cep­tabil сносный prijateľný znosen podnošljiv skaplig ค่อนข้างดี oldukça iyi 尚好的，還可以的 задовільний, досить добрий کافي اچھا tốt 尚好，过得去

ˈtolerance noun

1. the ability to be fair and understanding to people whose ways, opinions etc are different from one's own. We should always try to show tolerance to other people. verdraagsaamheid تَسامُح търпимост tolerância snášenlivost die Widerstandsfähigkeit tolerance ανεκτικότητα, ανοχήtolerancia tolerantsus بردباری suvaitsevaisuus toléranceסובלנות सहन शक्ति trpeljivost, snošljivost tolerancia tenggang rasa, toleransi umburðarlyndi tolleranza 寛容 관용 tolerancija tolerance; iecietība toleransi verdraagzaamheidtoleranse, overbærenhet wyrozumiałość زغم، اغماض، پراخه سينه، سړه سينه tolerância toleranţă терпимость znášanlivosť strpnost tolerancija tolerans ความอดกลั้น hoşgörü, tolerans 寬容，寬大 терпимість, толерантність برداشت، بردباري thông cảm 宽恕，容忍

2. the ability to resist the effects of eg a drug. If you take a drug regularly, your body gradually acquires a tolerance of it. toleransie إحْتِمال поносимост resistência tolerance die Widerstandsfähigkeit immunitet ανοχήtolerancia vastupanujõud سازگاری sietokyky toléranceסובלנות सहनशीलता, सहनशक्ति, सहन, बर्दास्त tolerancija, podnošljivost gyógyszerbírás daya tahan viðnámsþróttur tolleranza 耐性 내성 pripratimas tolerance ketahanan het verdragen toleranse, motstandskraft odporność جوړ resistência toleranţă толерантность tolerancia odpornost tolerancija motståndskraft ความสะกดกลั้น dayanma, tahammül 耐受性，耐藥量 стійкість (до ліків); резистентність مزاحمت کي صلاحيت chịu đựng 耐药量

ˈtolerant adjective

showing tolerance. He's very tolerant towards his neighbours. verdraagsaam مُتَسامِح толерантен tolerante tolerantní tolerant tolerant; overbærende ανεκτικόςtolerante tolerantne بردبار suvaitsevainen tolérant סוֹבלָן सहन शील tolerantan, trpeljiv türelmes bertenggang rasa umburðarlyndur tollerante 寛容な 관대한, 너그러운 tolerantiškas tolerants; iecietīgs bertoleransi verdraagzaamtolerant, frisinnetwyrozumiały غمونكى tolerante tole­rant, îngă­dui­tor терпимый tolerantný strpen tolerantan tolerant ที่มีความอดทน hoşgörülü, toleranslı 寬恕的，容忍的 терпимий, толерантний روادار có lòng khoan dung 宽恕的，容忍的

ˈtolerantly adverb

verdraagsaam بِتَسامُح толерантно com tolerância s pochopením, tolerantně tolerant tolerant; overbærende ανεκτικά con tolerancia, tolerantemente tolerantselt با شکیبایی suvaitsevasti avec tolérance בּסוֹבלָנוּת सहशीलता से strpljivo, snošljivo türelmesen dengan tenggang rasa með umburðarlyndi con tolleranza 寛容に 관대하게, 너그러이 tolerantiškai toleranti; iecietīgi dgn penuh toleransi verdraagzaamtolerant, frisinnet, overbærende wyrozumiale په پراخه سينه com tolerância cu îngăduinţă терпимо ohľaduplne, zhovievavo strpno tolerantno på ett tolerant sätt อย่างอดทน hoşgörülü şekilde, toleransla 寬容地，容忍地 терпимо, толерантно رواداري سے khoan dung 能宽恕地，容忍地

ˌtoleˈration noun

1. the act of tolerating. His toleration of her behaviour amazed me. verdraenheid تَسامُح، إحْتِمال понасяне tolerância tolerování die Duldsamkeit tolerance; overbærenhed ανοχήtolerancia talumine بردباری؛ تحمل sietokyky toléranceסובלנות सहन शक्ति strpljenje, podnošenje (el)tűrés ketahanan, toleransi umburðarlyndi tolleranza 寛容 관용 pakantumas, tolerantiškumas tolerance; iecietīgums toleransi verdraagzaamheidtoleranseakceptacja, tolerowanie زغم، حوصله، ګالنه tolerância to­le­rare терпимость znášanlivosť, ohľad, tolerancia prenašanje tolerisanje tolerans, fördragsamhet ความอดทน hoşgörü, göz yumma 寬容，容忍 терпимість, толерантність برداشت، تحمل sự khoan dung 容忍

2. tolerance, especially in religious matters. The government passed a law of religious toleration. toleransie, verdraagsaamheid تَسامُح ديني толерантност tolerância tolerance die Duldung tolerance ανεκτικότητα, ανεξιθρησκεία tolerancia sallivus جایز شماری؛ پذیرش suvaitsevaisuus toléranceסובלנות सहनशक्ति, उदारता tolerancija, trpeljivost tolerancia tenggang rasa umburðarlyndi, frjálslynd stefna (í trúmálum) tolleranza 信教の自由 신앙의 자유 tolerancija tolerance toleransi verdraagzaamheidfrisinn, toleransetolerancja حوصله tolerância toleranţă терпимость tolerancia strpnost tolerancija religionsfrihet เสรีภาพในการนับถือศาสนา hoş görme, tolerans 信仰自由 терпимість رواداري sự tha thứ 信仰自由

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tol·er·ance

n. tolerancia, capacidad de soportar una sustancia o un ejercicio físico sin sufrir efectos dañinos, tal como el uso de una droga o una actividad física prolongada.

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tolerance

n tolerancia; impaired glucose — alteración f de la tolerancia a la glucosa; (high, low) pain — (alta, baja) tolerancia al dolor

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