patience

🇺🇸 /ˈpeɪʃns/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpeɪʃns/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
noun
B2

staying calm when waiting or dealing with problems

You need patience when teaching young children.

B2

being able to keep working on something hard for a long time

Learning a language requires patience and practice.

R

a card game for one person

She played patience while waiting for the bus.

translation

n. staying calm when waiting or dealing with problems; being able to keep working on something hard for a long time; a card game for one person

Word Forms

Plural patiences