🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tolerância ampla

Pronunciation / Transliteration: toleˈɾɐ̃sjɐ ˈãpljɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Broad tolerance/brɔːd ˈtɒl.ər.əns/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A produção de tolerância ampla permite a sobrevivência em ambientes extremos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity of an organism, system, or society to endure or withstand a wide range of environmental conditions, stressors, or variations without significant adverse effects.

    "The species exhibits broad tolerance to temperature fluctuations in its natural habitat."
  2. 2

    An expansive capacity to accept or endure differing opinions, behaviors, or beliefs.

    "A multicultural society requires broad tolerance to maintain internal harmony."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase combines the Middle English 'broad' (from Old English 'brād', meaning wide or extensive) with 'tolerance' (derived from the Latin 'tolerantia', meaning endurance or allowance). Historically developed through scientific and ecological discourses to describe versatile organismal or systemic endurance against environmental shifts.

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