tolerance

Pronunciation: /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions
  2. noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
  3. noun the act of tolerating something

Etymology

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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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
endurance
Narrower (hyponyms)
capacity

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