patience

Definition of patience in English English dictionary: A female given name, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century; solitaire; The quality of being patient; ability to wait without complaining, as in: Teaching children requires a lot of patience; a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century; endurance, the third Paramitas There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, both in mundane and spiritual things Patience refers to bearing insult and distress without resentment; n A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue; The state of not rushing to find a resolution; (pa*shens)n The most important ingredient for dating, marriage and children See also "Tranquilizers "; Perseverance in faith over time; (pa*shens): n The most important ingredient for dating, marriage and children See also "tranquilizers "; endurance, the third Paramita There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, both in mundane and spiritual things Patience refers to bearing insult and distress without resentment; What you need while surfing the web Some web pages seem to take forever to fully appear on your screen; the most important ingredient for dating, marriage and children See also "tranquilizers"; {n} the power or act of enduring or waiting without discontent, calmness, constancy; {i} tolerance, forbearance; (pa*shens) n The most important ingredient for dating, marriage and children See also "tranquilizers "; If someone tries your patience or tests your patience, they annoy you so much that it is very difficult for you to stay calm. He tended to stutter, which tried her patience; If you have patience, you are able to stay calm and not get annoyed, for example when something takes a long time, or when someone is not doing what you want them to do. He doesn't have the patience to wait It was exacting work and required all his patience. impatience; n The most important ingredient for dating, marriage and children See also "tranquilizers "; Sufferance; permission; Constancy in labor or application; perseverance; The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance; 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, calamity, etc; good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; A kind of dock (Rumex Patientia), less common in America than in Europe; monk's rhubarb; a card game played by one person; nerve
patience of Job: An great amount of patience
The interference ... that LSC staff have had to endure from the department's civil servants would have tried the patience of Job.
be out of patience with: lose one's composure with -, be impatient with -
displayed patience: exhibited tolerance, demonstrated forbearance, showed endurance
has no patience: has no tolerance, has no forbearance, has no endurance
has patience: is patient, is tolerant
inexhaustible patience: great patience, unfailing patience
lose patience: become impatient
loss of patience: loss of tolerance, lapse of patience
lost his patience: lost his tolerance, his patience lapsed
my patience is exhausted: I have run out of patience, I cannot be patient any more
possess one's soul in patience: control oneself, be patient
requires patience: needs patience
showed patience: revealed patience was patient, controlled oneself, showed forbearance
tax the patience: {f} annoy, cause someone to lose his patience
try one'a patience: check to see how much one can tolerate

patience

Hyphenation

pa·tience

Turkish pronunciation

peyşıns

Synonyms

backbone, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool, diligence, endurance, equanimity, even temper, forbearance, fortitude, grit, guts, gutsiness

Antonyms

agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance

Pronunciation

/ˈpāsʜəns/ /ˈpeɪʃəns/

Etymology

() Middle English pacience from Old French pacience (modern: patience), from Latin patientia. Displaced native Middle English thuld, thuild "patience" (from Old English þyld "patience"), Middle English thole "patience" (from Old Norse þol "patience, endurance"), Middle English bilǣfing, bileaving "patience, perseverance, remaining" (from Old English belǣfan "to endure, survive").