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Tolerant
//ˈtɑːləɹənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
"He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion."
- 2 Tending to withstand or survive.
"These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight."
Adjective
- 1 showing or characterized by broad-mindedness wordnet
- 2 tolerant and forgiving under provocation wordnet
- 3 showing the capacity for endurance wordnet
- 4 able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress wordnet
- 5 showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others wordnet
Noun
- 1 One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
Etymology 2
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
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