patient.
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Meaning & usage
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.
Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
patient endeavour
a patient wait
Physically able to suffer or bear.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
Hello, is your practice currently accepting new patients? I'd like to become a patient there if so.
At the veterinary clinic, caring for the patients successfully and dealing with the patients’ owners successfully are both necessary skills.
The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.
One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
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