patience
- Noun:
- The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious: "Patience" refers to the quality of being able to stay calm and not become upset when waiting for a long time or when dealing with difficult problems or people.
- A card game for one player: "Patience" is also the name for a type of solitaire card game, typically played by a single person.
As a quality of calm endurance:
- Learning a new language requires a great deal of patience.
- She listened to the complicated instructions with remarkable patience.
- I'm beginning to lose my patience with this slow computer.
As a card game:
- He spent the afternoon playing a game of patience.
- There are many different versions of patience, like Klondike or Spider.
"The patience of a saint": An idiom describing someone who is extremely patient.
- As a kindergarten teacher, she has the patience of a saint.
"To try someone's patience": To cause someone to become annoyed or impatient.
- The constant noise from the construction site is trying my patience.
"To have no patience for/with": To be unwilling to tolerate or accept something or someone.
- He has no patience for people who are always late.
Patient (adjective): Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
- Please be patient while we process your application.
Patiently (adverb): In a patient manner.
- She waited patiently for her turn.
Impatience (noun): The opposite quality; the tendency to be quickly irritated or restless.
- His impatience was evident as he tapped his fingers on the table.
- Forbearance: Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.
- Tolerance: The ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior that one dislikes or disagrees with.
- Perseverance: Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. (Note: This emphasizes continued effort, while "patience" emphasizes calm waiting.)
To run out of patience: To no longer be able to stay calm and tolerant.
- I've run out of patience with his excuses.
A test of patience: Something that challenges one's ability to remain patient.
- Waiting in this long line is a real test of patience.
Infinite/endless patience: An extremely high level of patience.
- The nurse showed infinite patience with her elderly patients.
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a card game played by one person
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good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
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