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PATIENCE definition: 1. the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, or to suffer without…. Learn more.
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.
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 (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.
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.
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 /
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.
Synonyms for PATIENCE: tolerance, willingness, forbearance, discipline, long-suffering, obedience, sufferance, acquiescence; Antonyms of PATIENCE: impatience, defiance, resistance, disobedience, insubordination, willfulness, recalcitrance, intractability
Patience may involve perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding with disrespect or anger; [1] [verification needed] forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties; or being able to wait for a long time without getting irritated or bored.
