PATIENCE


Meaning of PATIENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpeɪʃəns ]

n. 1 calm endurance of hardship, provocation, pain, delay, etc. 2 tolerant perseverance or forbearance. 3 the capacity for calm self-possessed waiting. 4 esp. Brit. a game for one player in which cards taken in random order have to be arranged in certain groups or sequences. øhave no patience with 1 be unable to tolerate. 2 be irritated by. [ME f. OF f. L patientia (as PATIENT)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.