Labour Definition

lābər

laboured, labouring

noun

Labor.

Webster's New World

Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.

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That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

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(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

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(uncountable) A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.

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verb

laboured, labouring

(intransitive) To toil, to work.

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To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.

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To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard or wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden.

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To suffer the pangs of childbirth.

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(nautical) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

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pronoun

Short for the Labour Party.

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Other Word Forms of Labour

Noun

Singular:

labour

Plural:

labours

Origin of Labour

From Middle English labouren, from Old French laborer, from Latin laborare (“(intransitive) to labor, strive, exert onself, suffer, be in distress, (transitive) to work out, elaborate”), from labor (“labor, toil, work, exertion”); perhaps remotely akin to robur (“strength”).

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