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patient
adjective
able
to
stay
calm
and
not
become
annoyed
or
upset
,
especially
while
waiting
or
facing
difficulties
•
Mia
was
patient
while
her
brother
tried
to
tie
his
shoes
.
Mia
was
patient
while
her
brother
tried
to
tie
his
shoes
.
•
You
must
stay
patient
;
the
train
will
arrive
soon
.
You
must
stay
patient
;
the
train
will
arrive
soon
.
From
Latin
‘
patiēns
’
present
participle
of
‘
patī
’
meaning
‘
to
suffer
,
endure
’,
later
shifting
to
the
idea
of
enduring
calmly
.
noun
a
person
who
is
receiving
medical
care
or
treatment
from
a
doctor
,
nurse
,
or
hospital
•
The
patient
thanked
the
nurse
for
her
kindness
.
The
patient
thanked
the
nurse
for
her
kindness
.
•
Each
patient
must
fill
out
a
health
questionnaire
before
the
appointment
.
Each
patient
must
fill
out
a
health
questionnaire
before
the
appointment
.
From
Middle
French
‘
patient
’,
from
Latin
‘
patiēns
’
meaning
‘
suffering
,
enduring
’.
noun
in
linguistics
,
the
person
or
thing
that
is
affected
by
the
action
expressed
by
a
verb
•
In
the
sentence
“
The
cake
was
eaten
by
Sam
,” “
the
cake
”
is
the
patient
.
In
the
sentence
“
The
cake
was
eaten
by
Sam
,” “
the
cake
”
is
the
patient
.
•
Many
languages
mark
the
patient
with
special
case
endings
.
Many
languages
mark
the
patient
with
special
case
endings
.
Adopted
into
linguistics
in
the
20th
century
,
extending
the
traditional
medical
sense
of
‘
patient
’
to
describe
an
entity
that
‘
undergoes
’
an
action
.