patience
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈpeɪʃəns/
- UK
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solitario
- So the name of the game here is patience.
- patience game
- plays patience
Examples
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Amedee passes some of the night playing patience in the lantern room, or doodling on a slate, gazing out into the night.
Fiction book (2002) -
Patience is the most important part of this game.
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That patience will serve you well in this game.
Blog text (13) -
- It's a bit of a gamble, but if you have patience And you play the game right, it pays off.
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It only really tests the patience of the player, not their physical, social, or mental skills.
Blog text (24) -
T.S. Eliot, when asked why he liked playing Patience (solitaire) so much, said, "It is the closest one can come to being dead."
Blog text (17) -
Yesterday evening, your father was playing patience on his bed.
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It's a game of skill, touch and patience.
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Kal-toh is as much a game of patience as it is of logic.
Synonyms
15
4.8
A card game for one person where you try to put cards in order
Idioms
- Literature
A quality of staying calm for a long time despite great problems, like Job in the Bible
Compounds
To stay calm and understand how others feel, especially when things are difficult
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Patience for the card game comes from the same Latin root patientia meaning 'endurance', because the game asks you to wait and slowly arrange the cards into order. So the game is called patience since it tests your ability to 'wait' and stay calm, just like being patient.