name
Meaning 1
plural of Pain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pains
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/peɪnz/
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rhymes with -eɪnz
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homophone: panes
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CMU ARPABET: P EY1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of pain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Trouble taken doing something; attention to detail; careful effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of pain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: striving, nisus, strain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Narrower terms: jihad, jehad
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Latin: opera — trouble taken to do something
Real reading context