PATIENCE


Meaning of PATIENCE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ endless , great , infinite

▪ little

I have little ~ with fundamentalists of any kind.

VERB + PATIENCE

▪ exercise , have , show

They thanked him for showing so much ~.

▪ lack

▪ be out of , lose , run out of

It is clear that they are out of ~ with me.

We eventually ran out of ~ with him.

▪ keep

I find it hard to keep my ~ with them.

▪ demand , need , require , take

Above all, fishing requires great ~.

▪ exhaust , strain , stretch , tax , test , try

The children were beginning to try my ~.

▪ counsel , preach ( esp. AmE )

His advisers are trying to counsel ~.

PATIENCE + VERB

▪ be exhausted , run out , snap , wear thin

Meg could see Kirk's ~ was running out, so she shut up.

Her ~ snapped and she walked out.

▪ be rewarded

Our ~ was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs.

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

She listened with infinite ~ to his excuses.

▪ ~ for

He has little ~ for people who don't work.

▪ ~ with

The fans were losing ~ with the team.

PHRASES

▪ the ~ of a saint

These endless meetings are enough to tax the ~ of a saint.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .