noun Download 🔗Share The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. Examples : "Despite the intense heat, the runner's tolerance of pain allowed her to finish the marathon. " physiology medicine body mind sensation attitude ability suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. Examples : "My family shows a lot of tolerance for different opinions. " attitude society philosophy politics moral value culture character mind human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The child's tolerance for spicy food was surprisingly high. " medicine physiology biology organism body disease ability Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. Examples : "Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations." technical technology industry math physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. Examples : "The patient's high tolerance of the new heart tissue meant the transplant was successful. " medicine physiology body biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading