Word a Day
pain
What does pain mean?
pain (noun): an ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use pain in a sentence?
- The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce pain?
/peɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does pain come from?
From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “pain”?
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What does “pain” mean?
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
Not quite: that's what name means.
the time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced
Not quite: that's what future means.
an ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this
Right! That's what “pain” means.
a group of people living in a particular local area
Not quite: that's what community means.
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