noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
advise caution/patience/restraint etc (= advise people to be careful, patient etc )
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The makers advise extreme caution when handling this material.
tax sb’s patience/strength etc
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The kids are really taxing my patience today.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
endless
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Whatever it is, they say it hundreds of times an hour with endless patience and cheerfulness.
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Despite a shy and diffident manner, Davison was a hard-working and gifted teacher of endless patience .
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The endless patience and hospitality of the people was astounding.
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A clear head and diplomacy were vital as well as endless patience .
great
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Painting by this method I am told requires great patience , and it does indeed take time to achieve such detail.
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With great patience , Sofia created a weekend that would offend no one.
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It takes great patience to build up a new technological business.
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It takes a great patience and faith to rest on the lyrical content and strip the music down to the bones.
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To achieve this transformation from the status of unwelcome stranger to that of fictive kinsman calls for great tact and patience .
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Over one thousand qualified, committed and underpaid young men and women can not be expected to exercise greater patience .
infinite
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Then he gently eased her arms down, and with infinite patience began to stroke her nightdress from her body.
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Working with organizations, or working to help people get organizations started, requires infinite time and patience .
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A man possessed of infinite patience .
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A really good listener who has infinite patience .
little
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I have very little patience for bad business practices, flaky software and technology for technology's sake.
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No wonder people have such little patience with new technology.
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She had little patience for people who did not follow their dreams.
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But unlike other landlords, he had little patience for and little faith in second chances.
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He had little patience with personal frailties.
losing
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The police on duty could do little to stop them and, losing patience with the situation, arrested over twenty students.
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He was wet, cold and irritable and he was already losing patience with this case.
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No wonder they are losing patience .
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My current boyfriend knows there's something wrong but is losing patience with me.
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If you are losing patience just get out for a walk.
■ VERB
lose
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The crowd began to lose patience and some slow hand-clapping broke out.
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Off it, he continues to lose patience with reporters.
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In fact, why don't you just keep quiet before I lose my patience ?
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Those who were Protestant lost patience , status, or, in some cases, limb and life.
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Central government loses patience Local authorities did not respond in the way the government had hoped.
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He was losing patience , getting ready to bully me... and Amy was waking up.
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Finally the interrogators must have lost their patience , or perhaps it was just the heat of the vodka.
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Keith Jackson was starting to lose patience .
need
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One thing you will need is patience .
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Susan and Mary Lee probably needed more patience and carefree love than our particular family had to give.
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Sometimes we need patience and faithfulness, as we experience a desert of spiritual dryness.
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Record companies need to show patience .
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You'd need the patience of a bloody saint.
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You only need more patience to unravel a complexly worded question, not necessarily more ability.
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Parents need to learn patience and show their child that they are pleased with the progress.
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Male speaker Not only do they need a lot of power, they need a lot of patience .
play
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On Friday night Lord Dersingham had been playing patience .
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I've done nothing but read thrillers since the exams, apart from watching videos and playing patience to kill time.
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It was our neighbour, playing patience .
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So I play patience , and solitaire.
require
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This requires care and patience in the preparation, performance, and marking of the tests but it can be most rewarding.
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Doing any better than that will require imagination, patience and constant involvement.
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Painting by this method I am told requires great patience , and it does indeed take time to achieve such detail.
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Even damaging it at all seriously would require patience , cutting torches, and heavy equipment.
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Few journalists ever cover stories that require patience , time and money.
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Working with organizations, or working to help people get organizations started, requires infinite time and patience .
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After a while she began to get the message, but it required a lot of patience .
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Try using a fine sable rigger brush which will make very precise lines, although this does require patience !
run
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But against that, unemployment is soaring, industry running out of patience and he is about to authorise massive cuts in public spending.
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Corporate officials had run out of patience and the will to support the cash drain.
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Time was running out - and patience , too.
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We just ran out of patience with him.
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That's led to her finance company running out of patience and after several warnings, repossessing the house.
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The financial community has run out of patience .
show
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I wish I had shown more patience .
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Record companies need to show patience .
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She had always shown patience and self-denial when it came to the matter of other people's inventions.
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The scientists hope to try again today, which shows commendable patience .
stretch
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I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them.
tax
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Working only with dementia sufferers in their own homes requires special skills, but also is taxing on patience and anxiety provoking.
test
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Blocked roads, wildcat action and frayed nerves tested the patience of commuters and consumers across the continent.
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Gable lost his cool with his pal Spencer Tracy who often tested the patience of his peers.
try
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Tigger tries the patience of his fellows not by wickedness but by excessive high-spirits.
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She quickly left, finding, as Luks had, that formal study tried her patience .
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It tried her patience , but she left him alone.
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Gore's dogged battle tries the patience of the U.S.
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He didn't need me building up yet more false hopes which did nothing except try his patience .
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The slow, fuzzy video and choppy sound were enough to try the patience of even the most patient.
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Incompetent candidates with friends valuable to Keith's political interest could try his patience sorely.
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They take some time to load programs and try the patience of young pupils.
wait
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Nothing can test a professional's nerve and patience more than long waits between every shot.
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Jody is out of patience waiting for Jess's shooting problems to end.
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Mungo admired Emily's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition.
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No grace in it, and no patience to wait for thanks, even ironic thanks.
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Peace and patience wait for our obedience.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be patience/kindness/simplicity etc itself
have the patience of Job
stretch (sb's) patience/credulity
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I would be stretching the patience of my audience if I commented on them.
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It may stretch credulity to the point that signs of real abuse are overlooked.
the patience of a saint
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My husband, who has the patience of a saint , has helped me a great deal.
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In contrast, Travis must have been blessed with the patience of a saint .
try sb's patience
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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This type of medical research requires enormous patience .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it required total commitment, a huge investment and much patience .
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Keith Jackson was starting to lose patience .
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More interesting was the momentary lapse of patience by Coach Dave Wannstedt in defending the moves.
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Solomon, in Proverbs, highlighted patience , where he said that a prince is made mellow by patience.
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The shepherd's skills and patience are still needed today, although barely a thousand shepherds work the summer Alpine pastures.
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The slow, fuzzy video and choppy sound were enough to try the patience of even the most patient.
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We just ran out of patience with him.