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1. (adj.) tolerant
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
tolerant of errors.
2. tolerant
favoring toleration:
a tolerant church.
3. tolerant
able to endure or resist the action of a drug, poison, etc.
4. tolerant
lacking, or exhibiting low levels of, immune response to a normally immunogenic substance.
Etymology: (1770–80; < L tolerant-, s. of tolerāns, prp. of tolerāre to bear)
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1. (adj) tolerant
showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others
2. (adj) kind, tolerant
tolerant and forgiving under provocation
"our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
3. (adj) broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
"a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
4. (adj) tolerant, resistant
able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress
"the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
5. (adj) tolerant, patient of
showing the capacity for endurance
"injustice can make us tolerant and forgiving"; "a man patient of distractions"
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1. (adjective) tolerant
accepting beliefs, behavior, etc. that are different from yours
a tolerant, caring man; a nation that is very tolerant toward foreigners; He became more tolerant of their way of life.
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1. (adj) tolerant
inclined to tolerate; favoring toleration; forbearing; indulgent
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Sense: showing tolerance
He's very tolerant towards his neighbours.
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 Afrikaans: verdraagsaam |
 Arabic: مُتَسامِح |
 Bulgarian: толерантен |
 Brazilian: tolerante |
 Czech: tolerantní |
 German: tolerant |
 Danish: tolerant; overbærende |
 Greek: ανεκτικός |
 Spanish: tolerante |
 Estonian: tolerantne |
 Farsi: بردبار |
 Finnish: suvaitsevainen |
 French: tolérant |
 Hebrew: סוֹבלָן |
 Hindi: सहन शील |
 Croatian: tolerantan, trpeljiv |
 Hungarian: türelmes |
 Indonesian: bertenggang rasa |
 Icelandic: umburðarlyndur |
 Italian: tollerante |
 Japanese: 寛容な |
 Korean: 관대한, 너그러운 |
 Lithuanian: tolerantiškas |
 Latvian: tolerants; iecietīgs |
 Malay: bertoleransi |
 Dutch: verdraagzaam |
 Norwegian: tolerant, frisinnet |
 Polish: wyrozumiały |
 Persian: بردبار |
 Pashto: غمونكى |
 Portuguese: tolerante |
 Romanian: tolerant, îngăduitor |
 Russian: терпимый |
 Slovak: tolerantný |
 Slovenian: strpen |
 Serbian: tolerantan |
 Swedish: tolerant |
 Thai: ที่มีความอดทน |
 Turkish: hoşgörülü, toleranslı |
 Taiwanese: 寬恕的，容忍的 |
 Ukrainian: терпимий, толерантний |
 Urdu: روادار |
 Vietnamese: có lòng khoan dung |
 Chinese: 宽恕的，容忍的 |
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