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Patience
/ˈpeɪʃəns/
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What it means
- noun
The quality of being patient.
- noun
Any of various card games that can be played by one person. Called solitaire in the US. (card game).
Where it comes from
Patience comes from Latin patientia, endurance, from pati, to suffer or to bear. It arrived through Old French. The first sense was the ability to bear a hard thing without breaking. Waiting calmly is the everyday meaning that grew from that.
In a sentence
- My patience is exhausted.by CK, Tatoeba
- I envy your patience.by CK, Tatoeba
- We appreciated their patience.by CM, Tatoeba
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