tolerance
/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
Uncountable
noun
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
noun
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
noun
The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: forbearance"
- "Both [Ze'ev] Jabotinsky and [David] Ben-Gurion also wrote songs of praise to the Ottoman Empire, its tolerance toward ethnic minorities in general — and to Jews in particular — as well as to the democratic changes it was undergoing."
- "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."
- "Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: toleraunce, tolerance
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
- British English: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/