patience
/ˈpeɪʃns/noun
उच्चारण पेश्न्स
धैर्य, धीरज, सब्र
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[U] ~ (with sb/sth)
the ability to stay calm and accept delay or annoyance without complaining
धैर्य, धीरज, सब्र
- Teaching slow learners needs great patience.
- I have no patience with people who jump queues.
- Have a little patience; the bus will arrive soon.
+ 2 more examples
- The teacher showed great patience with the slow learners.
- My patience is wearing thin after waiting for two hours.
Synonyms forbearance tolerance calmness
Opposite impatience irritability restlessness
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[U]
the ability to keep doing something difficult or boring for a long time without giving up
लगन, सहनशीलता (लंबे काम में)
- Embroidery requires patience and a steady hand.
- Teaching small children needs a lot of patience.
- Fishing takes a lot of patience.
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- Learning a new language requires time and patience.
- With patience and practice, he finally solved the puzzle.
Synonyms perseverance persistence endurance
Opposite impatience haste
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
patience (uncountable)
Patience is uncountable: you have patience, lose patience, run out of patience. It has no plural.
'Patience' uncountable है: patience होना, patience खोना, patience खत्म होना। इसका plural नहीं होता।
- Teaching small children needs great patience.
- I lost patience with the slow clerk.
patience with sb / sth
With names the person or thing you are patient towards.
'With' उस व्यक्ति या चीज़ को बताता है जिसके प्रति आप धैर्य रखते हैं।
- She has no patience with lazy students.
- Have patience with your younger brother.
have the patience to do sth
A to-infinitive follows the noun to show what the patience allows.
Noun के बाद to-infinitive यह बताता है कि धैर्य किस काम को संभव बनाता है।
- I do not have the patience to wait in a long queue.
- He had the patience to solve the puzzle.
patient (adjective) vs patient (noun)
Patient as an adjective is followed by with; as a noun it means a person under treatment.
Adjective के रूप में 'patient' के बाद 'with' आता है; noun के रूप में इसका अर्थ इलाज करा रहा व्यक्ति है।
- Be patient with the old man.
- The patient waited for the doctor.
+Collocations 4
verb + patience
haveloseshowtesttryrun out of
- The noisy class tried the teacher's patience.
adjective + patience
greatendlessinfinitelittlelimitedsaintly
- She has infinite patience with her students.
patience + preposition
withforof a saintin waitingto listen
- He showed patience in waiting for his turn.
patience is + saying
a virtuethe keybitter but sweet fruitneeded
- Patience is a virtue, but time is short.
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- Radhika listened to the long story with great patience.
राधिका ने लंबी कहानी बड़े धैर्य से सुनी।
- My patience was at an end when the train was late again.
ट्रेन के फिर देर से आने पर मेरे धैर्य की सीमा समाप्त हो गई।
- Farming teaches patience, because crops take months to grow.
खेती धैर्य सिखाती है, क्योंकि फसलें उगने में महीनों लगते हैं।
- The shopkeeper lost patience with the bargaining customer.
मोलभाव करने वाले ग्राहक से दुकानदार का धैर्य टूट गया।
- Learning to play the sitar requires years of patience.
सितार बजाना सीखने के लिए वर्षों के धैर्य की आवश्यकता होती है।
!Common mistakes 4
✗ You should have a lot of patiences.
✓ You should have a lot of patience.
Patience is uncountable and has no plural form.
'Patience' uncountable है और इसका plural रूप नहीं होता।
✗ He lost his patience on the clerk.
✓ He lost his patience with the clerk.
Patience is followed by with.
'Patience' के बाद 'with' आता है।
✗ The doctor told the patience to wait.
✓ The doctor told the patient to wait.
Patient is the person under treatment; patience is the quality.
इलाज करा रहा व्यक्ति 'patient' है; गुण 'patience' है।
✗ She is very patience with children.
✓ She is very patient with children.
After very, an adjective is needed.
'Very' के बाद adjective चाहिए।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Patience, tolerance and endurance all involve staying calm, but in different situations.
Patience, tolerance और endurance तीनों में शांत रहना शामिल है, पर स्थितियाँ अलग हैं।
Calm waiting or dealing with delay without anger.
बिना क्रोध के शांति से प्रतीक्षा करना या देरी सहना।
- Wait with patience.
Accepting people or ideas you do not like.
जिन लोगों या विचारों को आप पसंद नहीं करते उन्हें स्वीकार करना।
- Tolerance builds peace.
Ability to bear pain or hardship for long.
लंबे समय तक कष्ट सहने की क्षमता।
- Marathon runners need endurance.
¶Idioms 2
try sb's patience
to make somebody feel annoyed by behaving badly or by being very slow
(किसी का) धैर्य आज़माना, सब्र का इम्तिहान लेना
- The child's constant questions tried his patience.
patience is a virtue
the ability to wait calmly is a good quality
धैर्य एक सद्गुण है
- Wait for the result; patience is a virtue.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pa·tience
?Which word?
patience or patients?
Patience (uncountable) is the quality of waiting calmly. Patients (plural of patient) are people receiving medical treatment. Both are pronounced /ˈpeɪʃns/. 'The doctor's patience with his patients was remarkable.'
Patience (uncountable) शांति से प्रतीक्षा करने का गुण है। Patients (patient का plural) इलाज करा रहे लोग हैं। दोनों की pronunciation /ˈpeɪʃns/ है। 'The doctor's patience with his patients was remarkable.'
§Grammar and usage
Patience with sb.
'patience with sb' आता है।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Patience is a virtue.
कहावत 'patience is a virtue' है।