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How to pronounce labour
Say it like this: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does labour mean?
nounAn effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
“Being a labour of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.”
Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
verbTo toil, to work.
“"Crab" 2-6-0 No 42802 labours up to Beattock Summit with a northbound freight from Carlisle in August 1960.”
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.”
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.
“the stone that labours up the hill”
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