patience

patience
pa|tience [ `peıʃəns ] noun uncount *
1. ) the ability to continue doing something for a long time without losing interest, especially something difficult:
need/require patience: Wildlife photography requires a lot of patience.
have the patience for something: Most people wouldn't have the patience for such painstaking work.
2. ) the ability to wait for a long time without becoming angry or upset:
have patience: Have patience, he'll be there soon.
run out of patience (=to no longer have patience): After waiting for an hour, I was beginning to run out of patience.
a ) the ability to accept situations you do not like without becoming angry or upset:
You need a lot of patience and understanding to be a good parent.
have no patience with someone/something: I'm afraid I have no patience with people like them.
lose patience with someone/something: She was quickly losing patience with the whole unfortunate situation.
the patience of a saint/of Job (=a lot of patience): You have to have the patience of a saint to work in a place like this.
b ) try someone's patience to do something very annoying, so that someone else has to try very hard not to get angry with you:
Look, you're really trying my patience now; please stop making that noise!
3. ) BRITISH the card game SOLITAIRE

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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