Patience I ˈpeɪʃns People Accept Views Lost Slow

• she has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.
• people have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.
• i have run out of patience with her.
• my patience is wearing thin.

patience

1. the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining
• She has little patience with (= will not accept or consider) such views.
• People have lost patience with (= have become annoyed about) the slow pace of reform.
• I have run out of patience with her.
• My patience is wearing thin.
• Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding.
• You’d try the patience of a saint!
2. the ability to spend a lot of time doing something difficult that needs a lot of attention and effort
• It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.
• I don't have the patience to do jigsaw puzzles.
3. a card game for only one player
4. the quality of being extremely patient and not complaining
• You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers.
5. to make somebody feel impatient
• His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint.

Extra Examples

• He has little patience for people who don’t work.
• Her patience snapped and she walked out.
• His advisers are trying to counsel patience.
• I find it hard to keep my patience with them.
• I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind.
• It is clear that they are out of patience with me.
• Meg could see Kirk’s patience was running out, so she shut up.
• Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band’s autographs.
• She listened with infinite patience to his excuses.
• The children were beginning to try my patience.
• The fans were losing patience with the team.
• These endless meetings are enough to tax the patience of a saint.
• They thanked him for showing so much patience.
• We eventually ran out of patience with him.
• We eventually ran out of patience with his childish behaviour.
• People have lost patience with the slow pace of reforms.
• She has little patience with such views.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.