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   Pa·tience

   /ˈpāSH(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset: "you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross" Similar forbearancetolerancerestraintself-restraintresignationstoicismfortitudesufferanceendurancecalmnesscomposureeven tempereven-temperednessequanimityequilibriumserenitytranquilityimperturbabilityunexcitabilityunderstandingindulgenceleniencekindnessconsiderationrare:longanimityinexcitabilityperseverancepersistenceendurancetenacitydiligenceassiduityapplicationstaying powerindefatigabilitydoggednessdeterminationresolveresolutionresolutenessobstinacyinsistencesingleness of purposepurposefulnesspertinacityOpposite impatience
   • 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; solitaire. British

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.

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   What is patience?

   • Definition of patience noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 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.

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   What does it mean if someone has little patience?

   • 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. I have run out of patience with her.

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   Is patience a personality trait?

   • Their patience, however, frayed as the arrearages came to be measured in years rather than months. However, the road to fruitful negotiations with public institutions is often long and winding, and must be traveled with patience. Patience is a personality trait + an attribute or ability.

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   How does a consumer conceive patience?

   • If the consumer conceives patience as an attribute or ability that he desires for its own sake, he might rationally take steps to acquire it. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   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. an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay:

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