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tolerance
English
Etymology
From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin toler? (“endure”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?l???ns/
Noun
tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)
- (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
- (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
- (uncountable) 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. [from 19th c.]
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]
Antonyms
- intolerance
Hyponyms
- (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance
Related terms
Translations
References
- tolerance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- tolerance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tolerance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tolerance at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- coeternal, neorectal
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?tol?rant?s?]
Noun
tolerance f
- tolerance (the ability or practice of tolerating)
- tolerance (permitted deviation from standard)
Related terms
- toleran?ní
- tolerantní
- tolerovat
Further reading
- tolerance in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- tolerance in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
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longanimity
English
Etymology
From Late Latin longanimit?s, from longanimus, translating Ancient Greek ?????????? (makrothumía).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /l?????n?m?ti/
Noun
longanimity (uncountable)
- (now rare) Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
- It had overcome the patience of Job, as it did the meekness of Moses, and would surely have mastered any, but the longanimity, and lasting sufferance of God [...].
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
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