patience
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈpeɪʃəns/
:
paciencia
- Parents believed that their children could apply self-discipline such as patience to their daily lives.
- lose patience
- require patience
- time and patience
I didn't have as much patience for small talk.
- I didn't have as much patience for small talk.
- I don't have a lot of patience with this game.
- He's going to have much less patience for you being too nonchalant.
- At some point, anyone's patience is going to run out.
- The way you get wealthy is patience and letting time take over.
- That requires a lot of patience and a lot of energy.
- The way you got wealthy is patience and letting time take over.
- So thank you guys for your patience and and be good to yourself.
- But that patience, it breeds more faith.
- What gets lost is the patience and the time window.
- We do it with patience in private.
- Could that be more like frustration and patience or just is it?
Examples
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There should be effort and patience in teaching reading and writing.
Academic text (2012) -
Among other lessons, I have learned that advocacy takes time, patience, creativity, luck, opportunity, and teamwork.
Academic text (2015) -
That requires a lot of patience and a lot of energy.
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What gets lost is the patience and the time window.
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My patience is running out.
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With this first case in his new position, he could show the patience the job required.
Fiction book (1991) -
If nothing else, they provide an exercise in patience and in observation of detail.
Academic text (2011) -
She had enough confidence and enough patience to let me lead.
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We believe that with understanding and patience, it will be possible to resolve what separates us.
Fiction book (1991) -
He showed remarkable patience while waiting for the bus in the rain.
Synonyms
11
8.4
Patience and control when people annoy you or owe you money
3
7.0
Being very calm and kind with people even when things are difficult
Patient acceptance of trouble or unfair treatment without anger
A quality of staying calm for a long time despite great problems, like Job in the Bible
A great ability to stay calm and not get angry in hard situations
Antonyms
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 Patient
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Patience comes from the old Latin word patientia, which means 'suffering' or 'endurance', and from the verb patior meaning 'to suffer'. So to have patience is to calmly endure problems or delays, like a patient person who does not get angry.