The meaning of Patient

adjective

Willing to fit in with someone's wishes or needs.

Usage examples:

We always found the our local branch most accommodating

verb

(of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for.

Usage examples:

The cottages accommodate up to six people

adjective

Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.

Usage examples:

She had to keep calm at all costs

noun

The absence of strong emotions; calm feelings.

Usage examples:

His usual calm deserted him

verb

Make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe.

Usage examples:

I took him inside and tried to calm him down

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun

A particular situation or example of something

Usage examples:

We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

adjective

Having one's feelings and expression under control; calm.

Usage examples:

A very talented and composed young player

verb

Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).

Usage examples:

He composed the first violin sonata four years earlier

adjective

Calm and in control of your emotions

Usage examples:

She looked remarkably composed throughout the funeral.

adjective

Careful not to inconvenience or harm others.

Usage examples:

She was unfailingly kind and considerate

adjective

Caring about and respectful of others

Usage examples:

He is always a kind and considerate host.

adjective

(of a person) recovering from an illness or medical treatment.

Usage examples:

A convalescent child

noun

A person who is recovering after an illness or medical treatment.

Usage examples:

Convalescents benefit from relaxation

adjective

Being in the process or period of resting in order to get better after an illness or operation

Usage examples:

Convalescent patients

adjective

Always calm and never angry or too excited about anything

adjective

Patient and restrained.

Usage examples:

He proved to be remarkably forbearing whenever i was impatient or angry

verb

Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain.

Usage examples:

He modestly forbears to include his own work

adjective

Patient and forgiving

Usage examples:

The minister praised what he called her "kind and forbearing nature".

adjective

Unable to be upset or excited; calm.

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An imperturbable tranquillity

adjective

Staying calm and controlled despite problems or difficulties

Usage examples:

He was imperturbable in a crisis.

adjective

Having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone.

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Indulgent parents

adjective

Allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them

Usage examples:

Indulgent relatives, an indulgent smile, he had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards h…

noun

A patient who lives in hospital while under treatment.

Usage examples:

Yet strangely it has no effective role in treating the most common type of anaemia to affect hospit…

noun

A person who stays one or more nights in a hospital in order to receive medical care

Usage examples:

His insurance company is unwilling to pay for inpatient treatment.

noun

A person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She spent the rest of her life as an invalid

verb

Remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

He was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry

adjective

(of an official document or procedure) not legally recognized because it contravenes a regulation or law.

Usage examples:

The will was declared invalid and the children were entitled to the estate

noun

A group of people or things having similar characteristics.

Usage examples:

All kinds of music

adjective

Having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.

Usage examples:

She was a good, kind woman

Having a tender and considerate and helpful nature

adjective

A long-suffering person is patient despite being annoyed or insulted regularly over a period of time

Usage examples:

Bill and his long-suffering wife

noun

A patient who attends a hospital for treatment without staying there overnight.

Usage examples:

An outpatient clinic

noun

A person who receives medical care from a hospital but who does not stay in the hospital for one or more nights

Usage examples:

Anna had foot surgery as an outpatient.

noun

A person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there

Usage examples:

An outpatient clinic

adjective

Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

Usage examples:

My response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders

verb

Voluntarily leave a job or office.

Usage examples:

He resigned from the company in protest of the treatment of his co-workers

adjective

Willing to accept something unpleasant

Usage examples:

They are resigned and a little depressed at the thought of losing money for at least the first year.

adjective

Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

Usage examples:

Her eyes were closed and she looked very serene

noun

An expanse of clear sky or calm sea.

Usage examples:

Not a cloud obscured the deep serene

adjective

Peaceful and calm, or (of a person) not worried or excited

Usage examples:

He approached the job with the serene confidence that he could succeed where others had failed., he…

adjective

Enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining.

Usage examples:

He taught a stoical acceptance of suffering

adjective

Not showing or not feeling any emotion, esp. in a situation in which the expression of emotion is expected

Usage examples:

He is somewhat stoic as he speaks of his past.

noun

A person who is affected by an illness or ailment.

Usage examples:

A long-term sufferer from depression

noun

Someone who experiences physical or mental pain of a type that is mentioned

Usage examples:

High pollen counts are bad news for allergy sufferers.

adjective

Showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with.

Usage examples:

We must be tolerant of others

adjective

Having the ability to bear something unpleasant or annoying, or to keep going despite difficulties

Usage examples:

Some grasses are very tolerant of drought., working with young people helps me be a little more tol…

adjective

Free from disturbance; calm.

Usage examples:

Her tranquil gaze

adjective

Calm, quiet, and peaceful

Usage examples:

I lay on the dock under a tranquil blue sky., the tranquility of the forest helps me relax., vets h…

adjective

Calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, worry, etc.

Usage examples:

She stared at the tranquil surface of the water., the hotel is in a tranquil rural setting., a spas…

adjective

Not complaining; resigned.

Usage examples:

She was uncomplaining, accepting of her lot

adjective

Willing to do boring or difficult work without complaining or becoming angry

Usage examples:

The work is boring, but he's always cheerful and uncomplaining.

noun

The ability to understand something; comprehension.

Usage examples:

Foreign visitors with little understanding of english

adjective

Sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving.

Usage examples:

A kind and understanding man

verb

Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker).

Usage examples:

He didn't understand a word i said

adjective

(of a person) not easily excited.

Usage examples:

We were nearing the classroom where mr. pegro, the most unexcitable teacher at battle ground academ…

noun

A person who is unduly anxious about their health.

Usage examples:

Emma, a clever, pretty, and self-satisfied young woman, is the daughter, and mistress of the house,…

adjective

Showing undue concern about one's health.

Usage examples:

The valetudinarian english

noun

A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.

Usage examples:

Victims of domestic violence

noun

A person who has suffered the effects of violence or illness or bad luck

Usage examples:

An accident victim, she’s just a victim of circumstances beyond her control., national reports of v…