tolerance
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈtɑːlərəns/
- Specialized
:
tolerancia
- A high tolerance for pest and disease stress, really high tolerance for climatic stress.
- drought tolerance
- salt tolerance
- cold tolerance
And no, like her pain tolerance is high, real high.
- And no, like her pain tolerance is high, real high.
- But again, you're sort of building this tolerance muscle for this toxicity.
- So you have a very high tolerance for adrenaline.
- Do you think creative Darwinism depends on pain tolerance?
- What free divers train is carbon dioxide tolerance.
- He wanted to build up the tolerance that you can go on less.
- They soothe a lot early on, but they rapidly build tolerance addiction.
- Let's visualize what abundance really is and realize that there's a pain tolerance involved.
Examples
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I have a high tolerance for this kind of behavior.
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Management does not vary with age, although tolerance of drugs may be lower in older patients.
Academic text (2011) -
Their distress tolerance is not good.
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So we talked earlier about lactose tolerance as well.
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In particular, underlying bone and joint injuries may limit exercise tolerance for high-impact sports.
Academic text (2015) -
Certain species of animals have a high tolerance for extreme temperatures, allowing them to survive in harsh climates.
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Farmers often look for crops that show greater tolerance to drought conditions to maintain yields during dry seasons.
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The new research indicates that some plants exhibit remarkable tolerance to salinity, thriving in coastal regions.
Synonyms
77
3.4
Ability to keep doing hard physical or mental work for a long time
54
4.1
A living thing's ability to survive disease or drugs
2
5.5
Strength and health that help a person or thing withstand hard conditions
1
4.6
Ability to stay strong and survive difficult weather or illness
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
53
4.3
A policy that makes people follow rules with no exceptions, even for small mistakes
- Formal
16
4.9
A strict rule that gives the same punishment for every bad act with no exceptions
- Specialized
1
3.8
A test that checks how your body uses sugar after you drink a sweet drink
How Tolerant
- Specialized
101
3.5
- Specialized
54
4.1
- Specialized
43
4.8
- Specialized
15
4.2
11
7.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tolerance comes from the old Latin verb tolerare, 'to bear', and shares the same root as tolerate. Like a plant that can 'bear' heat or drought without damage, biological tolerance is the ability to endure harsh environmental conditions.