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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 meaning: 1. the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without…. Learn more.
The meaning of PATIENCE is the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient. How to use patience in a sentence.
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.
If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time. He doesn't have the patience to wait. American English : patience / ˈpeɪʃəns /
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.
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.
Origin of Patience. Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern: patience ), from Latin patientia. Displaced native Middle English thuld, thuild (“patience" ) (from Old English þyld (“patience" )), Middle English thole (“patience" ) (from Old Norse þol (“patience, endurance" )), Middle English bilÇ£fing, bileaving ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Cards patience pa‧tience / ˈpeɪʃ ə ns / S3 noun [uncountable] 1 WAIT the ability to continue waiting or doing something for a long time without becoming angry or anxious OPP impatience I wouldn’t have the patience to sit sewing all day. infinite/unlimited/endless patience a ...
