patient
"Patients" doesn't have a prefix. You could add the prefix in- to it to get the word inpatients.
The second syllable is the stressed syllable in "impatient": im-PA-tient.
Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word. This is to make a new word.
The word 'impatient' is an adjective, not a noun. The noun form is impatience, a common, uncountable, abstract noun; a word for an emotion.
The kid was impatient
The word impatient is not a verb, it is an adjective. Fred is an impatient man.
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As impatient as a police officer
You can use the word "impatient" to describe someone who finds it difficult to wait for something. For example, "She grew impatient waiting in line" or "His impatient behavior caused him to make hasty decisions."
She tapped her foot impatiently while waiting in line at the grocery store.
Prefixation is the process of adding a morpheme at the beginning of a word to change its meaning. There are various types of prefixes, such as negation (e.g., "un-" in "unhappy"), time or order (e.g., "pre-" in "preview"), location or direction (e.g., "re-" in "return"), and intensity or degree (e.g., "super-" in "superior"). Each type of prefix alters the meaning of the base word in a specific way.
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The prefix 'im' is generally used to indicate a negative or opposite meaning (e.g., 'impossible' means not possible), while the prefix 'in' often indicates the presence of something within the word (e.g., 'involve' means to include something).
"Patients" doesn't have a prefix. You could add the prefix in- to it to get the word inpatients.
The second syllable is the stressed syllable in "impatient": im-PA-tient.