noun🔗ShareThe ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance."Despite the intense heat, the runner's tolerance of pain allowed her to finish the marathon. "physiologymedicinebodymindsensationattitudeabilitysufferingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry."My family shows a lot of tolerance for different opinions. "attitudesocietyphilosophypoliticsmoralvalueculturecharactermindhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe 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."The child's tolerance for spicy food was surprisingly high. "medicinephysiologybiologyorganismbodydiseaseabilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement."Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations."technicaltechnologyindustrymathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection."The patient's high tolerance of the new heart tissue meant the transplant was successful. "medicinephysiologybodybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading