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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
patience/ˈpeɪʃns/
▶noun
- 1 the capacity to tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.
- 2 Brit. a card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences.
– phrases
lose patience (or lose one's patience) become unable to keep one's temper.
lose patience (or lose one's patience) become unable to keep one's temper.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. patientia, from patient-, pati ‘suffer’.
'patience' also found in these Oxford entries:
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all patience/patience itself
an adjective for "patience"
Countable, uncountable: patience
expressions when losing patience
extraordinary patience
Have patience / patient
it is not just such generosity and patience that paints…
No patience for/with
Patience is not your virtue.
The long story wears out my patience!
tried the patience
You are burning my patience.
an adjective for "patience"
Countable, uncountable: patience
expressions when losing patience
extraordinary patience
Have patience / patient
it is not just such generosity and patience that paints…
No patience for/with
Patience is not your virtue.
The long story wears out my patience!
tried the patience
You are burning my patience.
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