Patience (Noun)
Meaning 1
A card game played by one person.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The game of solitaire requires patience as the player must carefully plan each move to achieve victory.
- After shuffling the deck, she began to play the patience game, her fingers moving deftly as she laid out the cards.
- It was a game that tested her patience, as she had to wait for the right cards to appear in order to make her next move.
- The patience game was her favorite way to pass the time on a lazy Sunday afternoon, the quiet and methodical play soothing her mind.
- As she played the patience game, she found that it helped her develop the patience she needed in her everyday life, teaching her to slow down and think things through.
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Meaning 2
Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.