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patience

 
 
/ˈpeɪʃəns/ noun [U]

Translation

BEHAVIOUR the quality of being able to stay calm and not get angry, especially when something takes a long time
sabırlılık, sabır, tahammül
Finally, I lost my patience and shouted at her. Making small scale models takes a lot of patience. → Opposite impatience1059
CARD GAME UK ( US solitaire) a card game for one person
tek kişilik iskambil oyunu, pasiyans
1488
(Definition of patience noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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