patience
- nounADJECTIVE▪ endless, great, infinite▪ little▪
I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind.
VERB + PATIENCE▪ exercise, have, show▪They thanked him for showing so much patience.
▪ lack▪ be out of, lose, run out of▪It is clear that they are out of patience with me.
▪We eventually ran out of patience with him.
▪ keep▪I find it hard to keep my patience with them.
▪ demand, need, require, take▪Above all, fishing requires great patience.
▪ exhaust, strain, stretch, tax, test, try▪The children were beginning to try my patience.
▪ counsel, preach (esp. AmE)▪His advisers are trying to counsel patience.
PATIENCE + VERB▪ be exhausted, run out, snap, wear thin▪Meg could see Kirk's patience was running out, so she shut up.
▪Her patience snapped and she walked out.
▪ be rewarded▪Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs.
PREPOSITION▪ with patience▪She listened with infinite patience to his excuses.
▪ patience for▪He has little patience for people who don't work.
▪ patience with▪The fans were losing patience with the team.
PHRASES▪ the patience of a saint▪These endless meetings are enough to tax the patience of a saint.
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patience — 1. (pa si an s ) s. f. 1° Vertu qui fait supporter avec modération et sans murmure. • Il [le prince qui se laisse dominer par un favori] ne saurait exercer une plus lâche patience, ni être malheureux plus honteusement, BALZ. De la cour, 7e… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Patience — (ˈpā shənz) is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances. This can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer… … Wikipedia
patience — Patience. s. f. Vertu par laquelle on souffre les adversitez, les douleurs, les injures, les incommoditez, &c. avec moderation, & sans murmurer. Grande patience. Il faut avoir une merveilleuse patience pour souffrir cela. il faut avoir une… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Patience — Pa tience (p[=a] shens), n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See {Patient}.] 1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
patience — patience, long suffering, longanimity, forbearance, resignation can all mean the power to endure or a capacity for enduring without complaint something which is disagreeable or requires effort. Patience stresses calmness or composure, not only… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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Patience — Sf (ein Kartenspiel) per. Wortschatz fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. patience (eigentlich Geduld ), dieses aus l. patientia Geduld, Erleiden, Erdulden , zu l. patiēns erdulden, geduldig , dem adjektivischen PPräs. von l. patī… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
patience — (n.) c.1200, quality of being patient in suffering, from O.Fr. pacience, from L. patientia patience, endurance, from patientem (nom. patiens), prp. of pati to suffer, endure, from PIE root *pei to damage, injure, hurt (see PASSION (Cf. passion)) … Etymology dictionary
patience — [pā′shəns] n. [ME pacience < OFr < L patientia < pati, to suffer: see PASSION] 1. the state, quality, or fact of being patient; specif., a) the will or ability to wait or endure without complaint b) steadiness, endurance, or perseverance … English World dictionary
Patience [1] — Patience (fr., spr. Pasiangs), 1) Geduld; 2) Spiel, welches unter zwei Personen gespielt wird, von welchen abwechselnd nur eine spielt u. die nicht spielende gegen die andere wettet, daß die Karten nicht aufgehen werden. Man spielt es auch allein … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Patience [2] — Patience, 1) Meerbusen u. 2) Vorgebirge ander Küste der Insel Sachalin (Ostasien) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
