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Word: Patient
Speech Type: Adjective
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patient- ‘suffering’, from the verb pati
ˈpeɪʃnt
able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious
Short Definition:able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious
Examples:- be patient, your time will come
- a patient and painstaking approach
Word: Patient
Speech Type: Noun
ˈpeɪʃnt
a person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment
Short Definition:person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment
Examples:- many patients in the hospital were more ill than she was
the semantic role of a noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by the action of a verb.
Short Definition:semantic role of noun phrase denoting something that is affected or acted upon by action of verb
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