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patience
noun
-
patience
the
ability
to
stay
calm
and
not
get
annoyed
,
upset
,
or
give
up
,
especially
while
waiting
or
facing
difficulties
•
She
waited
in
the
long
supermarket
queue
with
remarkable
patience
.
She
waited
in
the
long
supermarket
queue
with
remarkable
patience
.
•
Learning
to
play
the
piano
takes
a
lot
of
patience
and
daily
practice
.
Learning
to
play
the
piano
takes
a
lot
of
patience
and
daily
practice
.
From
Middle
English
pacience
,
from
Old
French
patience
,
from
Latin
patientia
meaning
‘
quality
of
suffering
or
enduring
’;
related
to
pati
‘
to
suffer
,
endure
’.
noun
-
patience
a
single-player
card
game
in
which
the
player
arranges
cards
into
a
particular
order
;
solitaire
•
On
rainy
afternoons
,
my
grandmother
enjoys
a
quiet
game
of
patience
by
the
window
.
On
rainy
afternoons
,
my
grandmother
enjoys
a
quiet
game
of
patience
by
the
window
.
•
He
shuffled
the
deck
and
started
patience
to
pass
the
time
during
the
train
journey
.
He
shuffled
the
deck
and
started
patience
to
pass
the
time
during
the
train
journey
.
The
card
game
sense
arose
in
the
late
18th
century
,
named
for
the
calm
perseverance
needed
to
complete
the
layout
successfully
.
