{
    "term": "patience",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the ability to stay calm and accept a delay or something annoying without complaining",
            "sensetop": "patience (with somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **has little patience with** *(= will not accept or consider)* such views."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People have **lost patience with** *(= have become annoyed about)* the slow pace of reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have run out of patience with her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My **patience is wearing thin** *(= I do not have much patience left)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Teaching children with special needs requires patience and understanding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her patience snapped and she walked out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find it hard to keep my patience with them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is clear that they are out of patience with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Meg could see Kirk's patience was running out, so she shut up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She listened with infinite patience to his excuses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children were beginning to try my patience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They thanked him for showing so much patience."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["endless", "great", "infinite"],
                "verb + patience": ["exercise", "have", "show"],
                "patience + verb": ["be exhausted", "run out", "snap"],
                "preposition": ["with patience", "patience  for", "patience  with"],
                "phrases": ["the patience of a saint"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the ability to spend a lot of time doing something difficult that needs a lot of attention and effort",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't **have the patience to** do jigsaw puzzles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our patience was finally rewarded and we got the band's autographs."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["endless", "great", "infinite"],
                "verb + patience": ["exercise", "have", "show"],
                "patience + verb": ["be exhausted", "run out", "snap"],
                "preposition": ["with patience", "patience  for", "patience  with"],
                "phrases": ["the patience of a saint"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a card game for only one player",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the quality of being extremely patient and not complaining",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You need the patience of Job to deal with some of our customers."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel impatient",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His stubbornness would try the patience of a saint."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪʃns/",
                "audio": "pa/patience/patience__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpeɪʃns/",
                "audio": "pa/patience/patience__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patientia, from patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati."
}