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tolerant adjective

  /ˈtɑːləɹənt/ , /ˈtɒləɹənt/
  • Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
 suvaitsevainen, avarakatseinen
  • Tending to withstand or survive.
 sietää

tolerate verb

  /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/ , /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹeɪt/
  • (transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
 sietää, suvaita

tolerance noun

  /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ , /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/ , /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
  • (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
 toleranssi, sieto
  • (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
 suvaitsevaisuus, sieto
  • (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th–19th c.]
 kestokyky, kestävyys
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism. [from 19th c.]
 toleranssi, vastustuskyky

tolerable adjective

  /ˈtɑləɹəbl̩/ , /ˈtɒləɹəbl̩/
  • Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
 siedettävä
  • Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
  • In fair health; passably well.
 välttävä

tolerably adverb

  /ˈtɑləɹəbli/ , /ˈtɒləɹəbli/
  • In a tolerable manner; to an extent that can be tolerated.
 siedettävästi
drought-tolerant
kuivuutta kestävä, kuivuutta sietävä
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