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[tol-er-uhnt]

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adjective

inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.

favoring toleration: a tolerant church.

Medicine/Medical, Immunology.

able to endure or resist the action of a drug, poison, etc.

lacking or exhibiting low levels of immune response to a normally immunogenic substance.

Origin:
1770–80; < Latin tolerant- (stem of tolerāns), present participle of tolerāre to bear. See tolerate, -ant

Related forms

tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

non·tol·er·ant, adjective

non·tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

o·ver·tol·er·ant, adjective

o·ver·tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

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qua·si-tol·er·ant, adjective

qua·si-tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

self-tol·er·ant, adjective

self-tol·er·ant·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Yews often need shearing twice a season and are tolerant about mistakes.

Once the kingdom of a kind tolerant king was attacked by a bad intolerant king.

Meanwhile, as economic hardships deepen, even once fairly tolerant governments are lashing out.

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Yews often need shearing twice a season and are tolerant about mistakes.

Once the kingdom of a kind tolerant king was attacked by a bad intolerant king.

Meanwhile, as economic hardships deepen, even once fairly tolerant governments are lashing out.

In the understory, cacti are a dominant feature and are interspersed among other succulent and dry tolerant species.

Even people who don't think of themselves as racist can be surprisingly tolerant of others' racial slurs.

Bonobos are more peaceful and tolerant and females rule.

Drought tolerant but blooms longer and better with more water.

The system should be tolerant of momentary hiccups with its connection.

He says the great rise in the divorce-rate over the past fifty years results from our becoming more tolerant of divorce socially.

Usually, trustees are tolerant of different styles as long as the agreed-upon goals are met and budgets are respected.

They have created a tolerant yet orderly society, and have married mateship with rugged individualism.

It was always a treat watching the wolves because they were so sociable, beautiful, and tolerant of our presence.

TV viewers are less tolerant of opposing views during extreme close-ups.

We all need to be more tolerant of each other so that our own cultures do not disappear.

Prefers well-drained, slightly acid soil but is fairly tolerant of other soils.

If you want them to be tolerant, then start by being tolerant.

Still, patrons of the disputed joint have shown a more tolerant spirit.

They have led me to be more tolerant and respectful of different religions and also to try to take the best from them.

If people know they have a common ancestor, perhaps they will be more tolerant.

But scientists weren't always tolerant of my children.

Feeling poorer after every trip to the petrol station, voters may be less tolerant.

Being overweight makes the condition worse and causes the dog to be less tolerant.

The people-and especially artists-in this region tend to be highly independent and tolerant.

Syria remains, on the whole, a reasonably tolerant multi-religious society.

At the same time, the public seems to be growing increasingly tolerant of using animals in research.

Voters may prove surprisingly tolerant of that sort of radical reform.

The threat of murder hangs over the traditionally tolerant country.

Certainly the public seems far more tolerant of the rich in countries where capitalism is considered to be broadly fair.

The only thing a tolerant society cannot tolerate is intolerance.

It was found that a number of the offspring were tolerant to one or the other of the challenging strains, or to both.

Still, the young are mostly tolerant of the eccentricities of the middle-aged.

Offshore companies also appear to be more tolerant of spammers.

They are talented, reliable, tolerant and enthusiastic.

If they really needed the money they may have been more tolerant of the shocks they had to administer.

It's also among the myriad of challenges that lead me to push for more research on drought tolerant transgenic crops.

And many clinics are too tolerant of methadone patients who use other drugs.

Eggs from clans that settle in the temperate zones are more tolerant to the cold than ones from warmer regions.

All species are deep rooted and drought tolerant once established.

In a way, he said, stubbornness to diversify runs counter to the industry's tolerant roots.

We're not the underdogs anymore, so we're less tolerant of the bad play.

It's interesting to see what tolerant and kind men they grew up to be, under their divalike dramatic exteriors.

It said the public as well as scholars should be more tolerant of teaching materials that deviated from their set opinions.

More tolerant of winter cold and wet than other species add to my plant list.

Though it's not always easy to believe, we're going to be more tolerant of diversity and difference.

It has turned into a robust democracy and a tolerant society.

Some species of jellyfish aren't tolerant to new and changing ocean conditions and actually seem to be in decline, he notes.

Very drought tolerant but looks better with moderate to regular water.

It is reasonable forintelligent people to be tolerant of each other, allowing differencesand uniqueness to be expressed.

It is more tolerant of noise and transcription errors, and requires less input.

Drought tolerant but perform best with moderate water.

Younger kids are much more tolerant of bad acting and plot holes, especially if they know the story to start with.

The belief in an after life that rewards goodness and punishes evil would make the oppressed more tolerant of abuse.

More tolerant of winter cold and wet than other species.

Shamim added that you need to be tolerant of people's.

They might be unusually tolerant of big gaps between the rich.

However being tolerant of the intolerant is a problem.

It is heat tolerant and blooms best in a sunny spot.

In any case, being socially tolerant is not the same as being intellectually permissive.

Drought tolerant but blooms longer and better with more water add to my plant list.

White wines, whose skins are less tolerant of heat, face particular difficulties as global warming.

He is tolerant of our desperation and answers our questions willingly enough.

Bullfrogs tolerant to the disease, but they can still spread it.

Normally tolerant of saline or alkaline soils, they sometimes suffer from chlorosis.

Mortared bricks, by comparison, are extremely tolerant of wear in the production machinery.

More sun tolerant than other yellow barberries add to my plant list.

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World English Dictionary

tolerant (ˈtɒlərənt)

—*adj*
1.	able to tolerate the beliefs, actions, opinions, etc, of others
2.	permissive
3.	able to withstand extremes, as of heat and cold
4.	med (of a patient) exhibiting tolerance to a drug

'tolerantly

—*adv*

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