Pains
Meaning of Pains
Physical suffering; take pains means make great effort.
ما معنى كلمة Pains بالعربي؟
آلام أو أوجاع جسدية
😣💔 آلام أو أوجاع جسدية؛ إحساس مُؤلم يشعر به الجسم أو العقل؛ مُعاناة حسية تُسبب عدم الراحة والانزعاج للإنسان 😣⚡
قصة GL: الآلام أو الأوجاع التي عانى منها نايف بعد حادث ألمانيا - إحساس مُؤلم للجسم والعقل قاسي، المُعاناة الحسية التي تحولت إلى نقطة انطلاق لاختراع نظام التعلم الجيني العلاجي 🌱
Synonyms & related words
Pains in a sentence
Growing pains were noted.
GL Research took pains to verify data.
Genetic Invent took pains over design.
Genetic G Learning takes pains with feedback.
Origin of Pains
From Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, pains often means careful effort. Teams take pains with accuracy.
Pains audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Welcome. Today's word is 'pains' — a plural noun with a special idiomatic use.
Narrator: Pronounced PAYNZ, IPA /peɪnz/.
Narrator: The most important use is 'taking pains' — meaning to take great care, effort, and trouble to do something well.
Narrator: This sense comes from pain as effort and labour — from Old French peine, Latin poena. Pain as the exertion one endures to achieve something.
Narrator: Taking pains implies deliberate, careful effort — attending to detail, refusing to cut corners.
Narrator: For one's pains means in return for one's efforts — often used ironically.
Narrator: Register for taking pains is formal to neutral — professional, literary, and careful editorial writing.
Narrator: To take pains is to say: this matters enough for me to do it properly.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: She took such pains over that report — every statistic sourced, every claim triple-checked.
Speaker B: Taking pains implies caring about quality over speed. In a world of rapid output, someone who takes pains is immediately distinguishable.
Speaker A: He took pains to explain his position but nobody listened — effort doesn't guarantee the result.
Speaker B: Exactly. Taking pains is about quality of work, not reception. The effort is acknowledged; the outcome is separate.
Speaker A: Take pains versus take care?
Speaker B: Take care is broader and more common. Take pains is more intensive and literary — greater deliberate, laborious attention.
Speaker A: Mistakes?
Speaker B: She took pains over her work, or took pains to do something — not took pains in. The preposition matters. Over or to, not in.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Taking pains in AI prompts — to signal deliberate, quality-first development. Tell the AI to slow down and attend to every detail. Five prompts.
Speaker A: Pains in a prompt means: invoke the idiom to signal deliberate, high-quality effort — tell the AI to slow down and attend to every detail.
Frequently asked questions about Pains
What does Pains mean?
Physical suffering; take pains means make great effort.
ما معنى كلمة Pains بالعربي؟
آلام أو أوجاع جسدية — 😣💔 آلام أو أوجاع جسدية؛ إحساس مُؤلم يشعر به الجسم أو العقل؛ مُعاناة حسية تُسبب عدم الراحة والانزعاج للإنسان 😣⚡
How do you pronounce Pains?
Pains is pronounced /peɪnz/ and is used as a noun.
How is Pains used in a sentence?
Growing pains were noted.
What are synonyms of Pains?
aches, hurts, soreness, efforts, trouble, care.