tolerant

[ tol-er-uhnt ]
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adjective
  1. inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.

  2. favoring toleration: a tolerant church.

  1. 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 of tolerant

1
First recorded in 1770–80; from Latin tolerant-, stem of tolerāns “bearing,” present participle of tolerāre “to bear”; see tolerate

Other words from tolerant

  • 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
  • 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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How to use tolerant in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for tolerant

tolerant

/ (ˈtɒlərənt) /


adjective
  1. able to tolerate the beliefs, actions, opinions, etc, of others

  2. permissive

  1. able to withstand extremes, as of heat and cold

  2. med (of a patient) exhibiting tolerance to a drug

Derived forms of tolerant

  • tolerantly, adverb

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