Definition of Labour in English :
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Labour meaning in English
Meaning of Labour in English
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Labour
see synonyms of labourNoun
1. labor, labour, proletariat, working class
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Example Sentences:'there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field'
2. childbed, confinement, labor, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
Example Sentences:'she was in labor for six hours'
3. british labour party, labor, labour, labour party
a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
Example Sentences:'his labor did not require a great deal of skill'
Verb
5. dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail
work hard
Example Sentences:'She was digging away at her math homework''Lexicographers drudge all day long'
6. drive, labor, labour, push, tug
strive and make an effort to reach a goal
Example Sentences:'She tugged for years to make a decent living''We have to push a little to make the deadline!''She is driving away at her doctoral thesis'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Labour
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Labour
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Labour
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