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# tolerance

«tolerance» in Mova's school dictionary: **accepting and respecting people whose beliefs, ways of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tolerance — uncountable; a tolerance, tolerances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tolerance is accepting and respecting people whose beliefs, ways of life or opinions are different from yours, even if you disagree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#m1)

2) Tolerance is being able to put up with something unpleasant, such as pain, heat or noise: «a low tolerance for cold». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#m2)

3) (health) Tolerance is when the body gets used to a medicine or drug so it works less. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#m3)

4) (maths, engineering) A tolerance is the small amount by which a measurement is allowed to be different from the exact size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and British values lessons, «mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs» is taught as an important value. In science and health, people have tolerance to heat, pain or a medicine. In design and technology, a part may have a tolerance of ±0.5 mm. Phrases: «tolerance and respect», «zero tolerance» (no bad behaviour allowed at all), «low tolerance for».

### examples

- Our school teaches tolerance and respect for all faiths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x1)
- The school has zero tolerance for bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x2)
- Desert plants have a high tolerance for heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x3)
- I have a low tolerance for spicy food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x4)
- Some medicines stop working as well because the body builds up tolerance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x5)
- The bolt must be 20 mm, with a tolerance of 0.1 mm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x6)
- Tolerance means living kindly with people who are different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Verb: «tolerate»; adjective: «tolerant». In maths, a tolerance of ±0.1 mm on 20 mm means any size from 19.9 mm to 20.1 mm is accepted. «Zero tolerance» means no exceptions.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tolerance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.