Meaning

3 senses
  1. Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

    Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.

    geduldig

    терпели́выйterpelívyj

    терпля́чийterpljáčyj, терпели́вийterpelývyj

  2. Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.

    patient endeavour

    a patient wait

  3. (obsolete)Physically able to suffer or bear.

More definitions
  • enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

Examples

1282 sentences
  1. Try to be patient with others.

    Спробуй бути толерантним до інших. — shanghainese

    ruПопробуй быть толерантным к остальным. — quasiyoke

    deVersuche, gegenüber anderen geduldig zu sein. — xtofu80

  2. Is the patient prepared for surgery?

    Пацієнт готовий до операції? — deniko

    ruБольной подготовлен к операции? — corvard

    deIst der Patient für die Operation vorbereitet? — raggione

  3. I can't be patient any longer.

    Я не можу більше бути терплячим. — shanghainese

  4. I'm not one of your patients.

    Я не один із твоїх пацієнтів. — deniko

    ruЯ не один из ваших пациентов. — odexed

  5. Tom was one of my patients.

    Том був одним із моїх пацієнтів. — deniko

    deTom war einer meiner Patienten. — marcelostockle

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not losing one's temper while waiting:
Русский
By meaning 1
not losing one's temper while waiting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not losing one's temper while waiting:

Origin

From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Lat

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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Forms

more patient, most patient
Comparativemore patient Lesson
Superlativemost patient Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • more patient
  • little more patient
  • be more patient
  • to be patient
  • as patient as
  • been very patient
  • a very patient
  • very patient man
  • dr jackson's patient
  • a patient of
  • patient man
  • is a patient

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
patient — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto