Meaning

1 senses
  1. To expend effort to do something.

    to go to great pains

Forms

goes to pains, going to pains, went to pains, gone to pains
Base formgo to pains · to go to pains
3rd person singulargoes to pains
Present participlegoing to pains
Past simplewent to pains
Past participlegone to pains

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo to pains
he, she, itgoes to pains

Past simpleLesson

all personswent to pains

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone to pains
he, she, ithas gone to pains

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go to pains

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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