Labor

EnglishModificar

Alternative spellingsModificar

• labour (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada)

PronunciationModificar

• (US) IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪbə(r)

NounModificar

1. Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it...

2. (uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labor movement, organised labor.
3. The act of a mother giving birth.
4. The time period during which a mother gives birth.

Usage notesModificar

• Attributes: physical, mental, technical, organized, etc.

Related termsModificar

• laboratory
• laborer
• laborious

VerbModificar

1. (US) spelling of labour; see British/commonwealth entry for definitions, etymology, pronunciation, translations, etc.

Derived termsModificar

• belabor
• labor of love

AnagramsModificar

• Balor
• lobar

LatinModificar

NounModificar

labor (genitive labōris); m, third declension

1. work

InflectionModificar

Derived termsModificar

• laboro

VerbModificar

1. I slip
2. I glide, flow

InflectionModificar

Patrono:La-conj-3rd-depon

Derived termsModificar

• collābor
• lapsō
• lapsus
• relābor

DescendantsModificar

• Spanish: laborear

SpanishModificar

NounModificar

1. job

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