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# tolerant

«tolerant» in Mova's school dictionary: **Accepting and respecting other people's beliefs, ways of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tolerant, more tolerant, most tolerant)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Accepting and respecting other people's beliefs, ways of life or opinions, even when they are different from yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#m1)

2) Patient with things that might annoy you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#m2)

3) (science) Able to survive or grow in difficult conditions: a drought-tolerant plant; also able to take a medicine or food without harm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and school values lessons (British values: mutual respect and tolerance), being tolerant means respecting people of other faiths, cultures and opinions. In science and gardening, «salt-tolerant» or «drought-tolerant» plants survive harsh places. In health, «lactose intolerant» people get ill from milk. Phrases: «tolerant of», «drought-tolerant», «lactose intolerant».

### examples

- Our school wants everyone to be tolerant of different beliefs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x1)
- Be tolerant when your little brother asks lots of questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x2)
- Cacti are drought-tolerant plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x3)
- He is lactose intolerant, so he drinks oat milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x4)
- A tolerant community welcomes newcomers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x5)
- The teacher was tolerant of our noise before the holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tolerant/#x6)

### note

Followed by «of»: tolerant of others. Noun: tolerance; verb: tolerate. Opposite: intolerant. Trap: being tolerant does not mean accepting bullying or unkindness.

### In the corpora

- [The Persian Empire was well organised and fairly tolerant for its time, not the monster army shown in the film 300.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/4-mesopotamia-wheels-laws-and-empires/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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