noun [U]
1 ~ (with sb/sth) the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or sth annoying without complaining:
She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views. * People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform. * My patience is wearing thin. * I have run out of patience with her. * Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding. * You'd try the patience of a saint!
2 the ability to spend a lot of time doing sth difficult that needs a lot of attention and effort:
It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife. * I don't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles.
3 (BrE) (AmE solitaire) a card game for only one player
IDIOMS see TRYv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for patience is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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