Definition for: labour

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English

Alternative spellings

• Labour is the only accepted spelling in Commonwealth English.
• Labor is the only spelling recognised as correct in American English.
• There are special cases in Australian English where the US labor spelling is used, eg the Australian Labor Party.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪbə/
• Rhymes: -eɪbə(r)

Noun

labour ( plural: labours )

1. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
2. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
3. See Labour; Labour Party; political party aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
4. The act of a mother giving birth
5. The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Translations

work

workers

giving birth

Verb

to labour ( third-person singular simple present labours , present participle labouring , simple past laboured , past participle laboured )

1. ( intransitive ) To toil, to work.
2. ( transitive ) To belabour, to emphasize or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

Translations

• Finnish: raataa, ahertaa
• Japanese: 働く (はたらく)
• Spanish: trabajo
• Swedish: arbeta

Related terms

• laboratory
• laborious
• labourer
• labourite
• labour-saving

French

Noun

labour m .

1. cultivation

Related terms

• labourble
• labourage
• labourer

Other Translations for "labour"

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Hex		6C61626F7572
Pig Latin		abourlay

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