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labour


Definition: Meaning of, labour in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈleɪbə /

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labour labours
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  1. work [uncountable] work, especially physical work
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  2. workers [uncountable] all the people who work for a company or in a country
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  3. baby [singular, uncountable] the process of giving birth to a baby
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  4. a labour of love something that is hard work but that you do because you want to
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  5. somebody's labours formal a period of hard work
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
labour laboured laboured
Present Participle Third Person Singular
labouring labours
[British English] [] [intransitive]
  1. to work hard
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  2. labour under a delusion/misconception/misapprehension etc to believe something that is not true
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  3. labour the point to describe or explain something in too much detail or when people have already understood it
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  4. [always + adverb/preposition] to move slowly and with difficulty
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Labour


Definition: Meaning of, Labour in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈleɪbə /

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  1. the British LABOUR PARTY
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Labour used in phrases

  • British Labour Party (noun)
    1. a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labour's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
  • International Labour Organisation (noun)
    1. the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labour
  • International Labour Organization (noun)
    1. the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labour
  • International Labour Organization, the
    1. a UN organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, which helps workers around the world by making sure they are treated fairly, paid equally for the same jobs, not forced to work in dangerous conditions etc
  • Labour Day (noun)
    1. first Monday in September in the United States and Canada
  • Labour Party (noun)
    1. the Labour Party a political party in Britain and some other countries that aims to improve social conditions for ordinary working people and poorer people [↪  Conservative Party]
  • Love's Labour's Lost
    1. a humorous play by William SHAKESPEARE in which a king and three of his friends promise to study and not become involved with women. However, they meet a princess and her friends, and fall in love with them, so that they are unable to do what they intended.
  • New Labour
    1. an unofficial name for the British LABOUR PARTY used especially by Tony BLAIR and his supporters to show that the LABOUR PARTY has changed some of its ideas and become more modern. One of the main New Labour ideas is that the government should not use high taxes to pay for public services. .
  • Old Labour
    1. an unofficial name used to talk about the British Labour Party before it was changed by Tony BLAIR in the 1990s. Old Labour was more LEFT WING, and supported the idea of increasing taxes to pay for public services such as education and health.
  • Social Democrat and Labour Party, the
    1. the full name of the SDLP, a political party in Northern Ireland
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Labour used in phrasal verbs

  • labour under (phrasal verb)
    1. labour under something to exist or try to live in a situation where there are serious difficulties or problems
    2. labour under the illusion/delusion/mistaken conception etc to continue doing something or believing something because you think that something else is true, even though it is not
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