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1 painstaking
['peɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ]aggettivo minuzioso, accurato* * *['peinz-]adjective (going to great trouble and taking great care: a painstaking student.) diligente, scrupoloso* * *painstaking /ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ/A a.accurato; coscienzioso; diligente; scrupoloso: a painstaking search, una ricerca meticolosaB n. [u]il darsi pena; diligenza; grande curapainstakingly avv.* * *['peɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ]aggettivo minuzioso, accurato -
2 painstaking pains·taking adj
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3 Pain
I 1. [peɪn]1) (suffering) dolore m., male m.to feel pain to be in pain soffrire, avere male; he's caused me a lot of pain — mi ha fatto soffrire molto
2) (localized) dolore m.I have a pain in my arm — ho male a o mi fa male un braccio
where is the pain? — dove ti fa o hai male?
3) colloq. (annoying person, thing)4)2.to be at pains to do sth. — darsi pena o prendersi la briga di fare qcs.
II [peɪn]to take great pains over o with sth. — darsi gran pena per qcs
1) (hurt)2) form. (grieve) addolorare* * *[pein] 1. noun(hurt or suffering of the body or mind: a pain in the chest.) dolore2. verb(to cause suffering or upset to (someone): It pained her to admit that she was wrong.) far soffrire- pained- painful
- painfully
- painless
- painlessly
- painkiller
- painstaking
- a pain in the neck
- take pains* * *Pain (Surnames)► Paine* * *I 1. [peɪn]1) (suffering) dolore m., male m.to feel pain to be in pain soffrire, avere male; he's caused me a lot of pain — mi ha fatto soffrire molto
2) (localized) dolore m.I have a pain in my arm — ho male a o mi fa male un braccio
where is the pain? — dove ti fa o hai male?
3) colloq. (annoying person, thing)4)2.to be at pains to do sth. — darsi pena o prendersi la briga di fare qcs.
II [peɪn]to take great pains over o with sth. — darsi gran pena per qcs
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5 ♦ search
♦ search /sɜ:tʃ/n.1 cerca; ricerca; indagine: a thorough search, una ricerca accurata; a painstaking search, una ricerca meticolosa; an unsuccessful search, una ricerca infruttuosa; The explorer went off in search of drinking water, l'esploratore è andato in cerca di acqua da bere; the search for a missing person, la ricerca di una persona scomparsa; to abandon (o to call off) the search, abbandonare le ricerche; to carry out a search, fare una perquisizione● search and rescue, operazione di ricerca e soccorso; operazione di salvataggio □ (leg.) search and seizure, perquisizione e sequestro □ ( radar) search antenna, antenna di ricerca □ ( Internet) search engine, motore di ricerca □ (comput.) search form, maschera di ricerca □ (elettron.) search gate, impulso di ricerca □ (comput., Internet) search key, chiave di ricerca □ search party, squadra per le ricerche; squadra di soccorso □ (comput.) search path, percorso di ricerca □ (naut.) search periscope, periscopio d'esplorazione □ (comput., Internet) search scope, ambito di ricerca □ (comput., Internet) search string, stringa di ricerca □ (leg.) search warrant, mandato di perquisizione NOTA D'USO: - research o search?-.♦ (to) search /sɜ:tʃ/A v. t.1 perquisire; ispezionare: The guards searched the prisoner for weapons, le guardie hanno perquisito il detenuto per vedere se avesse armi; to search a hide-out, perquisire un nascondiglio; to search a ship, perquisire una nave2 perlustrare; rastrellare (fig.): The police searched the whole city for the murderer, la polizia ha perlustrato tutta la città in cerca dell'assassino3 frugare; rovistare; cercare in (o fra): to search one's memory, frugare nella memoria (o fra i ricordi); to search one's records, rovistare il proprio archivio4 penetrare in; frugare; insinuarsi in6 (comput.) ricercare; esaminare: to search a text for errors, esaminare un testo alla ricerca di errori; to search the web for information, cercare informazioni nel webB v. i.( spesso to search for) cercare; andare in cerca di; fare ricerche: to search for a reason, cercare un motivo; to search for happiness, cercare la felicità● to search one's conscience, fare un esame di coscienza □ to search one's heart, mettersi una mano sul cuore (fig.); fare un esame di coscienza □ to search into a subject, approfondire un argomento □ (med.) to search a wound, sondare (o esplorare) una ferita □ (fam.) Search me!, che ne so?; mah!; boh! -
6 careful **** care·ful adj
['kɛəfʊl]1) (taking care, cautious) attento (-a), cauto (-a)(be) careful! — (stai) attento!, attenzione!
2) (painstaking: work) accurato (-a), (writer, worker etc) attento (-a), diligente, zelante -
7 particular **** par·ticu·lar
[pə'tɪkjʊlə(r)]1. adj1) (specific, special) particolarethat particular house/train — quella casa/quel treno in particolare
to pay particular attention to; to take particular care over — fare molta attenzione a
for no particular reason — senza una ragione precisa or particolare
2) (fastidious, fussy) pignolo (-a), difficile, (painstaking) meticoloso (-a)2. n1) (detail) particolare m2)in particular — in particolare, particolarmente
nothing in particular — nulla in or di particolare
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Painstaking — Pains tak ing (p[=a]nz t[=a]k [i^]ng), a. Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive. Painstaking men. Harris. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Painstaking — Pains tak ing, n. The act of taking pains; carefulness and fidelity in performance. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
painstaking — I adjective assiduous, attentive, careful, conscientious, diligent, earnest, elaborate, energetic, exacting, hardworking, heedful, industrious, labored, laborious, meticulous, never tiring, operose, operosus, particular, persevering, plodding,… … Law dictionary
painstaking — (adj.) 1550s, paynes taking; see PAIN (Cf. pain) (n.) + TAKE (Cf. take) (v.). Related: Painstakingly … Etymology dictionary
painstaking — [adj] meticulous, thorough assiduous, by the book*, by the numbers*, careful, conscientious, conscionable, diligent, earnest, exact, exacting, finicky, fussbudget*, fussy, hard working, heedful, industrious, particular, persevering, persnickety* … New thesaurus
painstaking — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very careful and thorough. DERIVATIVES painstakingly adverb … English terms dictionary
painstaking — [pānz′tāk΄iŋ] n. the act of taking pains; great care or diligence adj. 1. taking pains; very careful; diligent 2. characterized by great care painstakingly adv … English World dictionary
painstaking — painstakingly, adv. painstakingness, n. /paynz tay king, payn stay /, adj. 1. taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research. n. 2. careful … Universalium
painstaking — pains•tak•ing [[t]ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ [/t]] adj. 1) taking or characterized by taking pains; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research[/ex] 2) careful and diligent effort •… … From formal English to slang
painstaking — pains|tak|ing [ˈpeınzˌteıkıŋ] adj [usually before noun] very careful and thorough ▪ The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail. ▪ Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened. >painstakingly adv ▪ The old painting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
painstaking — [[t]pe͟ɪnsteɪkɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED; usu ADJ n A painstaking search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly. Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris. Syn: careful, thorough Derived words:… … English dictionary