PATIENCE


Meaning of PATIENCE in English

[noun] [U] - the ability to wait, or continue doing something despite difficulties, or suffer without complaining or becoming annoyedPatience - they'll be here soon.You have to have such a lot of patience when you're dealing with kids.In the end I lost my patience and shouted at her.As a therapist he had infinite patience.He's a good teacher but he doesn't have much patience with the slower pupils.Making small scale models takes/requires a great deal of patience.Their youngest son was beginning to try my patience (= annoy me).(UK and ANZ) Patience (esp. US solitaire) is a game played with cards by one person.(dated) Someone who has the patience of Job has limitless patience and continues to do what they think they should do despite all difficulties.If someone has the patience of a saint, they are always calm and nothing seems to upset them.It's not surprising she left - the noise and smell in the flat would have tried (= been difficult to deal with for someone who has) the patience of a saint.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.