Patience Meaning
/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being patient.
nounAny of various card games that can be played by one person.
Sentence Examples
I am losing my patience with you.
What you need is, in a word, patience.
Teaching young children requires a great deal of patience and understanding.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To complete this difficult puzzle, you need a lot of ____ to keep trying.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Learning a new language requires enormous ____ and a willingness to make mistakes along the way.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the budding engineer all they themselves knew."
— 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
"Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short.""
— 1929, Mazo de la Roche, Whiteoaks of Jalna, Dundurn Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 229:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To complete this difficult puzzle, you need a lot of ____ to keep trying.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Learning a new language requires enormous ____ and a willingness to make mistakes along the way.