Definitions for patient
ˈpeɪ ʃəntpa·tient

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. patientnoun

   a person who requires medical care

   "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly"

2. affected role, patient role, patientadjective

   the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

3. patientadjective

   enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

   "a patient smile"; "was patient with the children"; "an exact and patient scientist"; "please be patient"

Wiktionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. patientnoun

   A person or animal who receives treatment from a doctor or other medically educated person.

2. patientnoun

   The noun or noun phrase that is semantically on the receiving end of a verb's action.

   The subject of a passive verb is usually a patient.

3. patientadjective

   content to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting; not bothered with having to wait; not unwilling to wait

4. Etymology: From patiens, present participle of pati; akin to Greek πάσχειν; see pathos, from Proto-Indo-European *pē(i)- "to hurt" [Pokorny pē(i)- 792].

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Patientadjective

   Etymology: patient, Fr. patiens, Latin.

   1. Having the quality of enduring.

   Wheat, which is the best sort of grain, of which the purest bread is made, is patient of heat and cold. John Ray.

   2. Calm under pain or affliction.

   Be patient, and I will stay. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Griev’d, but unmov’d, and patient of your scorn,
   I die. John Dryden, Theocritus.

   3. Not revengeful against injuries.4. Not easily provoked.

   Warn them that are unruly, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 1 Thessalonians v. 14.

   5. Not hasty; not viciously eager or impetuous.

   Too industrious to be great,
   Not patient to expect the turns of fate,
   They open’d camps deform’d by civil fight. Matthew Prior.

2. Patientnoun

   Etymology: patient, Fr.

   1. That which receives impressions from external agents.

   Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate, that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of the Tongue.

   To proper patients he kind agents brings,
   In various leagues binds disagreeing things. Thomas Creech.

   Action and passion are modes which belong to substances: when a smith with a hammer strikes a piece of iron, the hammer and the smith are both agents or subjects of action; the one supreme, and the other subordinate: the iron is the patient or the subject of passion, in a philosophical sense, because it receives the operation of the agent. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. A person diseased. It is commonly used of the relation between the sick and the physician.

   You deal with me like a physician, that seeing his patient in a pestilent fever, should chide instead of administring help, and bid him be sick no more. Philip Sidney.

   Through ignorance of the disease, through unreasonableness of the time, instead of good he worketh hurt, and out of one evil throweth the patient into many miseries. Edmund Spenser.

   A physician uses various methods for the recovery of sick persons; and though all of them are disagreeable, his patients are never angry. Addison.

   3. It is sometimes, but rarely used absolutely for a sick person.

   Nor will the raging fever’s fire abate
   With golden canopies or beds of state;
   But the poor patient will as soon be sound
   On the hard matress or the mother ground. Dryden.

3. To Patientverb

   To compose one’s self; to behave with patience. Obsolete.

   Etymology: patienter, Fr.

   Patient yourself, madam, and pardon me. William Shakespeare.

Webster Dictionary(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Patientadjective

   having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear

2. Patientadjective

   undergoing pains, trails, or the like, without murmuring or fretfulness; bearing up with equanimity against trouble; long-suffering

3. Patientadjective

   constant in pursuit or exertion; persevering; calmly diligent; as, patient endeavor

4. Patientadjective

   expectant with calmness, or without discontent; not hasty; not overeager; composed

5. Patientadjective

   forbearing; long-suffering

6. Patientnoun

   oNe who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient

7. Patientnoun

   a person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse

8. Patientverb

   to compose, to calm

9. Etymology: [F., fr. L. patiens, -entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. Pathos, Passion.]

Freebase(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Patient

   A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, veterinarian, or other health care provider. The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb, patior, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν and its cognate noun πάθος.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. patient

   A sick, injured, wounded, or other person requiring medical and/or dental care or treatment.

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Sick Person

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patient' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1480

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patient' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3281

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patient' in Nouns Frequency: #128

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'patient' in Adjectives Frequency: #822

Anagrams for patient »

1. antipet

How to pronounce patient?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of patient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of patient in a Sentence

1. Jesse Louis Jackson:

   I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

2. Emily Horne:

   Serving the American people as National Security Council Spokesperson has been the honor of a lifetime. I am profoundly thankful for my colleagues at the White House and across the Biden-Harris Administration, including the dedicated career professionals who are the bedrock of our national security, i will also miss working daily with our press corps, whose tireless reporting is essential for the health of our democracy. As I start this next chapter I'm grateful for the opportunity to spend more time with my kindergartner, toddler, and my endlessly patient husband.

3. Sharla Wilson via AP:

   As I get used to my new place, I will start to settle down. Thanks for being patient with me. I don’t mean to be such a pain. the sign basically explains he’s an old man now and he has cataracts.

4. Haleigh Seizys:

   Day to day, things are tough, i have a patient who is not doing well. It takes a lot of time and effort from several different people to try and help these patients improve.

5. Dr. Nabil El Sanadi:

   Be patient, slow down and listen to your internal clock and rhythm. There’s no reason to race through life. Moments count. Enjoy and cherish each encounter and relationship.

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