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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɒləɹənt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɑːləɹənt/

形容詞

tolerant (comparative more tolerant, superlative most tolerant)

1. Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something. [from 1784]

   Synonyms: forbearing, lenient, open-minded; see also Thesaurus:permissive

   Antonyms: close-minded, intolerant, strict; see also Thesaurus:bigoted

   He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.

2. Tending to withstand or survive.

   Synonyms: resistant, sufferable; see also Thesaurus:tolerant

   Antonyms: intolerant, vulnerable

   These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.

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名詞

tolerant (plural tolerants)

1. One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.

Further reading

• “tolerant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tolerant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “tolerant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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