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Moderatelabor
The correct spelling is labor.
How to pronounce labor
/ˈleɪ.bɚ/
nounIPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/
Say it like: Lab-or
The correct spelling is labor. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. For example: "I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point."
Usage Examples
“I think we've all got the idea. There's no need to labour the point.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
- 2.That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
- 3.Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
- 4.A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
- 5.The act of a mother giving birth.
verb
- 1.To toil, to work.
- 2.To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).
- 3.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.
- 4.To suffer the pangs of childbirth.
- 5.To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
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