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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.
carrier
Noun
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A carrier is a person who carries.
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A carrier is a thing that carries another thing.