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1have little patience with — • have no patience with • have little patience with (from Idioms in Speech) to be irritated by; to be unable to tolerate If a man had a gangrenous foot would you have patience with anyone who hesitated to amputate? (W. S. Maugham) Davidson had… …
2have no patience with — • have no patience with • have little patience with (from Idioms in Speech) to be irritated by; to be unable to tolerate If a man had a gangrenous foot would you have patience with anyone who hesitated to amputate? (W. S. Maugham) Davidson had… …
3Patience — Pa tience (p[=a] shens), n. [F. patience, fr. L. patientia. See {Patient}.] 1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression,… …
4patience — /pay sheuhns/, n. 1. the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like. 2. an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when… …
5Patience (opera) — Patience, or Bunthorne s Bride , is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23 1881, it moved to the 1,292 seat Savoy Theatre on October 10… …
6Patience Worth — was allegedly a spirit contacted by Pearl Lenore Curran (February 15 1883–1937). This symbiotic relationship produced several novels, poetry and prose which Pearl Curran claimed was delivered to her through channelling the spirit, Patience Worth …
7patience */ — UK [ˈpeɪʃ(ə)ns] / US [ˈpeɪʃəns] noun [uncountable] 1) the ability to continue doing something for a long time without losing interest, especially something difficult need/require patience: Wildlife photography requires a lot of patience. have the …
8patience — pa|tience [ peıʃəns ] noun uncount * 1. ) the ability to continue doing something for a long time without losing interest, especially something difficult: need/require patience: Wildlife photography requires a lot of patience. have the patience… …
9patience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ endless, great, infinite ▪ little ▪ I have little patience with fundamentalists of any kind. VERB + PATIENCE ▪ …
10patience — n. quality of being patient 1) to display, show patience 2) to tax, try smb. s patience 3) to lose one s patience; to run out of patience 4) endless, inexhaustible, infinite patience 5) one s patience wears thin 6) patience for; with (she has… …
