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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pa•tient /ˈpeɪʃənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Medicineone under medical care or treatment:The patients in this ward all have cancer.
adj. - able to control one's feelings in spite of annoyance, misfortune, etc., without complaining.
- continuing to work steadily;
diligent;
steady.
pa•tient•ly, adv.: The dog sat patiently.See -pat-. patient is an adjective and a noun, patiently is an adverb, patience is a noun:Be patient with the baby. That doctor has many patients. That teacher treats his class patiently. Don't lose your patience with the baby. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pa•tient (pā′shənt),USA pronunciation n. - Medicinea person who is under medical care or treatment.
- a person or thing that undergoes some action.
- Archaic. a sufferer or victim.
adj. - bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.
- characterized by or expressing such a quality:a patient smile.
- quietly and steadily persevering or diligent, esp. in detail or exactness:a patient worker.
- undergoing the action of another (opposed to agent ).
- Idioms patient of:
- Idiomshaving or showing the capacity for endurance:a man patient of distractions.
- Idiomssusceptible of:This statement is patient of criticism.
- Latin patient- (stem of patiēns), present participle of patī to undergo, suffer, bear; see -ent
- Middle French
- Middle English pacient (adjective, adjectival and noun, nominal) 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged invalid.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged uncomplaining, long-suffering, forbearing, resigned, passive, calm.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged quiet, serene, unruffled, unexcited, self-possessed, composed.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sedulous, assiduous, untiring.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hostile.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impatient, agitated.
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