patient
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
Adjective 2 meanings
Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.
“Be patient: your friends will arrive in a few hours.”
Constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent.
“patient endeavour”
Noun 3 meanings
A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.
“Hello, is your practice currently accepting new patients? I'd like to become a patient there if so.”
The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.
“The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.”
One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient.
Etymology
From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate, hurt”).
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PATIENT at a glance
PATIENT has 7 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (P 3 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,723 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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