in vain - Longman Dictionary
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in vain meaning, definition, what is in vain: without success in spite of your efforts...: Learn more. invainFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishinvaininvaina)FAILwithoutsuccessinspiteofyourefforts Policesearchedinvainforthemissinggunman.b)withoutpurposeorwithoutpositiveresults Altmansworethathisson’sdeathwouldnotbeinvain.→takesomebody’snameinvain→vainExamplesfromtheCorpusinvain•Ifpeopledon'tlearnfromthis,thenhissufferinganddeathwereinvain.•Ittookagreatdealofcouragetoadmitthatallhereffortshadbeeninvain.•Policehavespenthourssearchinginvainforthemissingteenager.•Workerstriedinvaintokeepthebuildingfromcollapsing.•Doctorstriedinvaintosavehimbuthediedjustbeforedawn. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults takesomebody’snameinvain Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Archaeology Geography Occult Officials Seealltopics Wordoftheday fray ifclothorothermaterialfrays,orifsomethingfraysit,thethreadsbecomeloosebecausethematerialisold
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- 1a vain dandy.
vain · excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc...
- 2in vain - Longman Dictionary
in vain meaning, definition, what is in vain: without success in spite of your efforts...: Learn ...
- 3In vain Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
To no avail, useless, as in All our work was in vain. [c. 1300] Also see take someone's name in v...
- 4in vain - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com
If you do something in vain, you do it with no result, or to no effect. Abraham Lincoln delivered...
- 5Vain Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Full Definition of vain · 1 : having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or a...
