patience

CEFRB1

/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to wait or deal with difficulty calmly.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female given name from English.

Examples

  • I am losing my patience with you.

  • Teaching young children requires a great deal of patience and understanding.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpæɪ̯.ʃəns/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.

  2. The quality of being patient.

More examples

In context

  • What you need is, in a word, patience.

  • I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it.

  • Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

To complete this difficult puzzle, you need a lot of blank to keep trying.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English pacience, from Old French pacience (modern French patience), from Latin patientia (“suffering; endurance, patience”), from patiens, present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). Displaced Old English ġeþyld.