impatient

«impatient» in Mova's school dictionary: Not able to wait calmly; easily annoyed when things take… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (impatient, more impatient, most impatient)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not able to wait calmly; easily annoyed when things take time. tree →

2) Very eager to do something soon: impatient to start. tree →

3) Impatient with someone means easily annoyed by them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character's feelings; in everyday life queues, waiting for presents, slow computers. Phrases: impatient to, impatient with, grow impatient.

examples

• The children were impatient for the holidays to start. tree →
• Don't be impatient, your turn will come. tree →
• The driver grew impatient in the traffic jam. tree →
• He was impatient with his little brother. tree →
• I'm impatient to open my presents! tree →
• The impatient customer tapped her foot. tree →
• "Don't be so impatient," said Snow-White. tree →

note

Opposite: patient. Noun: impatience. Adverb: impatiently. Trap: patient is also a noun (someone seen by a doctor), but impatient is only an adjective.

In the corpora

• A bot never gets impatient with repeated explanations, but you should still tell your teacher what you found hard.
• im- is used before many words starting with m or p: impossible, immature, impatient.
• Or why should I not be impatient?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «impatient» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.