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labour labourslabouringlaboured

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nounLabour is very hard work, usually physical work....the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting.The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating.Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group.Latin America lacked skilled labour....the struggle between capital and labour.They were cheap labour.The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour .Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour.The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour–they have no power.In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party .They all vote Labour.Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother .I thought the pains meant I was going into labour.Some women prefer to move about during labour.verbSomeone who labours works hard using their hands ....peasants labouring in the fields.Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years.If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty.For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community....a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties.If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true .She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing.You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions.If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary .I don't want to labour the point but there it is.adjectiveA Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party....a Labour MP.Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented. B2

word	labour
definition	noun Labour is very hard work, usually physical work. ...the labour of seeding, planting and harvesting. The chef at the barbecue looked up from his labours; he was sweating. Labour is used to refer to the workers of a country or industry, considered as a group. Latin America lacked skilled labour. ...the struggle between capital and labour. They were cheap labour. The work done by a group of workers or by a particular worker is referred to as their labour . Every man should receive a fair price for the product of his labour. The unemployed cannot withdraw their labour–they have no power. In Britain, people use Labour to refer to the Labour Party . They all vote Labour. Labour is the last stage of pregnancy, in which the baby is gradually pushed out of the womb by the mother . I thought the pains meant I was going into labour. Some women prefer to move about during labour. verb Someone who labours works hard using their hands . ...peasants labouring in the fields. Her husband laboured at the plant for 17 years. If you labour to do something, you do it with difficulty. For twenty-five years now he has laboured to build a religious community. ...a young man who's labouring under all kinds of other difficulties. If you labour under a delusion or misapprehension, you continue to believe something which is not true . She laboured under the illusion that I knew what I was doing. You seem to be labouring under considerable misapprehensions. If you labour a point or an argument, you keep making the same point or saying the same thing, although it is unnecessary . I don't want to labour the point but there it is. adjective A Labour politician or voter is a member of a Labour Party or votes for a Labour Party. ...a Labour MP. Millions of Labour voters went unrepresented.
inflections	labourslabouringlaboured
cefr-level	B2

Labour I Labouring Laboured Point Hard Refer Workers