- able to wait for a long time or accept annoying behaviour or difficulties without becoming angry
- You'll just have to be patient and wait till I'm finished.
- to be endlessly/infinitely/incredibly patient
- patient with somebody/something She's very patient with young children.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- remain
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- about
- with
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati.
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