patient

CEFRA2

/ˈpeɪ̯ʃənt/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

01
adjective
Able to wait or deal with problems calmly.
02
noun
A person receiving medical care.

Examples

From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.
You'll just have to be patient and wait till I'm finished.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[ˈpʰæ̝ɪ̯ʃənt] ~ [ˈpʰæ̝ɪ̯ʃn̩t]
[ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃənt] ~ [ˈpʰeɪ̯ʃn̩t]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
Physically able to suffer or bear.
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

More examples

In context

Be patient please. It takes time.
Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
a patient wait

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The doctor examined the blank who had a high fever and cough.

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Asari Cultural VI: Due to our lifespan-sometimes reaching 1,000 years of age-we are patient in our decisions, and prefer long-term solutions over short-term gains.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nexus
In contrast, the Westminster Gazette in 1912 was much more positive about railway staff, praising the "...army of porters hustling and bustling hither and thither with barrows groaning under the weight of bags and baggage and... the ever-patient and long-suffering guards, courteously giving information and advice to the querulous passengers... to the porter the Christmas season means a continuous round of heavy labour, extremely tiring to both nerves and temper, and this fact the public too often seem either to forget or ignore."
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35
The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)
The number of a first or second person participant is generally marked for both agent and patient in all aspects.
1982, Paul J. Hopper, Tense-aspect: Between Semantics & Pragmatics, →ISBN

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).

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adjective

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The doctor examined the blank— who had a high fever and cough.

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Origin

adjective

The doctor examined the blank who had a high fever and cough.