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How to pronounce patience in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms forbearance, longanimity
Type of good nature
Derivation patient
Type Words
Synonyms solitaire
Type of cards, card game
Has types crapette, canfield, russian bank, klondike

Examples of patience

patience
When he returned my call, I could hear the long-suffering patience in his voice.
From the kentucky.com
Owner Connie Ware even sent complimentary desserts to thank us for our patience.
From the timesunion.com
Audience fragmentation, gnat-sized attention spans, no patience for commercials.
From the businessweek.com
That's understandably annoying to colleagues, who are obviously losing patience.
From the businessweek.com
Honesty, integrity and patience will all be required if you intend to get ahead.
From the suntimes.com
After all, with time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin, does it not?
From the hecklerspray.com
He was planning on running with the 358-Modifieds, and he's losing his patience.
From the timesunion.com
The first, says the All-Pro cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles, is patience.
From the time.com
During his stint, Wright displayed a calm manner, humour, patience and judgment.
From the canberratimes.com.au
More examples
  • Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
  • Solitaire: a card game played by one person
  • (patiently) with patience; in a patient manner; "he patiently played with the child"
  • Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. ...
  • "Patience" is a 2006 (see 2006 in music) song written by Henry Krieger and Willie Reale for the motion picture adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls. ...
  • Solitaire, also called Patience, often refers to single-player card games involving a layout of cards with a goal of sorting them in some manner. However it is possible to play the same games competitively (often a head to head race) and cooperatively. ...
  • Patience is a 2004 album by George Michael. The much delayed follow-up to Older, it was very successful, debuting at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and at number 2 in Australia on March 22, 2004. ...
  • "Patience" is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, which appears on the album G N' R Lies & was released as a single in 1989. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 . ...
  • Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride, is a comic opera in two acts with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. ...