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patience
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[ˈpeɪʃns], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious
(e.g: you can find bargains if you have the patience to sift through the rubbish)
- any of various forms of card game for one player, the object of which is to use up all one's cards by forming particular arrangements and sequences
Phrases:
- lose patience
Origin
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Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati
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