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- Dictionarypatience/ˈpeɪʃns/
noun
- 1. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: "you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish" 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. British
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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 meaning of PATIENCE is the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient. How to use patience in a sentence.
noun. 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.
patience. 4 meanings: 1. tolerant and even-tempered perseverance 2. the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc 3..... Click for more definitions.
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 extremely patient and not complaining. You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers. try somebody’s patience. to make somebody feel impatient. His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint.
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.
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).
