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Meaning of patience | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈpeɪʃəns

Definitions

  1. The quality of being patient
  2. The quality of being patient.
    uncountable, usually
  3. A female given name from English.
  4. Any of various card games that can be played by one person
  5. Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الصبر تحمل صَبْر
Azərbaycanca dözüm hövsələ səbir
Беларуская пасьянс
Български търпеливост
বাংলা ধৈর্য
Čeština pasiáns trpělivost
Cymraeg amynedd
Deutsch Geduld
Esperanto pacienco
Español paciencia solitario
Français patience
Gaeilge foighne
Gàidhlig foighidinn
Galego paciencia
עברית סבלנות
Magyar türelem
Bahasa Indonesia kesabaran
Italiano pazienza
日本語 ソリティア 忍耐 我慢 辛抱
ქართული მოთმინება
Қазақша дегбір сабыр
ខ្មែរ ខន្តី
Kurdî durim şûbira
Latina patientia
Lëtzebuergesch Gedold
Lietuvių kantrybė
Latviešu pacietība
Te Reo Māori manawa
Монгол тэвчээр
Bahasa Melayu kesabaran sabar
မြန်မာဘာသာ ခန္တီ
Nederlands geduld mochelen patience
Português paciência
Română răbdare
Slovenščina potrpežljivost
Shqip durim
Svenska tålamod
Kiswahili subira subra uvumilivu
తెలుగు ఓర్పు సహనము
Тоҷикӣ сабр
Türkmençe sabyr
Tagalog pasensya
ئۇيغۇرچە سەۋر
اردو سہن صبر
Oʻzbekcha sabr
Yorùbá suuru

Examples

“Musical perfection requires practice and a lot of patience.”
“I appreciate the patience with which you've explained it.”
“The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the budding engineer all they themselves knew.”
“Meg had named it Patience. "But why?" he had exclaimed, not liking the name at all. "Patience is my favourite virtue," she had replied, "and we can call her Patty for short."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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