Meaning

1 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The application of careful and attentive effort.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Restoration is a long, painstaking work.

    ruРеставрация - это долгий, кропотливый труд. — marafon

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  2. Each item was described in painstaking detail.

    deJeder Artikel war äußerst sorgfältig beschrieben. — Tamy

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  3. Vaccines typically take years of painstaking research to develop.

    deZur Entwicklung von Impfstoffen sind normalerweise Jahre mühevoller Forschung nötig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. This is painstaking work.

    ruЭто кропотливая работа. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  5. It was really painstaking work.

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Origin

From pains + taking; see take pains. The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in

From pains + taking; see take pains. The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in the United States suggests a reanalysis of the word as pain + staking.

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Forms

plural: painstakings

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
painfulB1painfullypainkillerpainlesspainstakinglyC2paintA1paintbrushB2

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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