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are
Verb
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Are is the present tense, second person form of the verb be.
Hello John, how are you?
We are all happy.
Are we there yet?
John and Mary are playing.
Are you all hungry?
patient
Adjective
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If someone is patient, they can wait without getting upset.
It's hard to be patient with people who don't listen to you.
I'm a patient man with a long memory; I can wait.
patient
Noun
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A patient is a person or animal under medical care.
Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.
Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.