Labour Meaning and Definition


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Labour meaning

Word: Labour

How to pronounce: ˈleɪbə

How to pronounce: ˈleɪbə

Noun

Definitions:

1. Work, especially physical work.

Example sentences: "The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and VAT"

2. The Labour Party.

Example sentences: "The Labour leader"

3. The process of childbirth from the start of uterine contractions to delivery.

Example sentences: "A woman in labour"

4. A group of moles.

Example sentences: "A labour of moles toils with the Earth"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Work hard; make great effort.

Example sentences: "They laboured from dawn to dusk"

2. Have difficulty in doing something despite working hard.

Example sentences: "United laboured against confident opponents"

3. (of a woman in childbirth) be in labour.


Synonyms:

labourite

labour party

involuntary servitude

compulsory labour

worker

toil

travail

occupational


Synonyms:

work

job

worker

task

chore

project

fruit

handiwork

pains

trouble

travail

parturition

pain

delivery

involuntary servitude

compulsory labour

drudgery

toil

sweat

occupational

labour party

exertion

fatigue

labor movement

production

labor department


Antonyms:

rest


Derivations:

labor

labourite

laborer

laboring

labored

labouring

laboured

labourist

labourer

laboring

labouring

labored

laboured

labour

laborer

labourer


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Labour in Other Languages...

Spanish: Laboral

German: Arbeitsmarkt

French: Travail

Italian: Lavoro

Turkish: çalışma


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