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- Dictionarypa·tience/ˈpāSH(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset: "you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross" Similar Opposite
- 2. any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences; solitaire. British
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The meaning of PATIENCE is the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient. How to use patience in a sentence.
PATIENCE definition: 1. the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without…. Learn more.
the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like. Synonyms: submissiveness, sufferance, self-possession, stability, composure.
Patience is a person's ability to wait something out or endure something tedious, without getting riled up. It takes a lot of patience to wait for your braces to come off, to deal with a toddler's temper tantrum, or to build a house out of toothpicks.
1. uncountable noun. If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. He doesn't have the patience to wait. It was exacting work and required all his patience. 2. uncountable noun. Patience is a card game for only one player.
patience (with somebody/something) the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views. People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.
the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without complaining or becoming annoyed: You have to have a lot of patience when you're dealing with kids. In the end I lost my patience and shouted at her. He's a good teacher, but he doesn't have much patience with the slower students.
1. the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain without complaint, loss of temper, or anger. 2. an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay. 3. quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence. 4. Chiefly Brit. solitaire (def. 1).
the quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when something takes a long time: Finally, I lost my patience and shouted at her. Making small scale models takes a lot of patience. Opposite. impatience.
Definitions of 'patience'. 1. If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example, when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. [...] 2.
