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Type Words
Synonyms labor, proletariat, working class
Type of socio-economic class, social class, class, stratum
Has types organized labor, labor force, labor pool, lumpenproletariat
Type Words
Synonyms childbed, confinement, labor, lying-in, parturiency, travail
Type of parturition, giving birth, birthing, birth
Has types premature labor, premature labour
Type Words
Synonyms drive, labor, push, tug
Type of struggle, fight
Has types strive, strain, reach
Verb group push, bear on
Type Words
Synonyms british labour party, labor, labour party
Type of labor party, labour party
Type Words
Synonyms labor, toil
Type of work
Has types roping, corvee, donkeywork, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, exertion, grind, hackwork, haymaking, hunt, hunting, manual labor, manual labour, overwork, overworking, plodding, slavery, sweat, travail
Type Words
Synonyms dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, moil, toil, travail
Type of do work, work
Derivation labourer
Type Words
Synonyms labor
Type of undergo

Examples of labour

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Labour may have had some success in shifting the argument on to a wider plateau.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Poland is possibly a perfect example of the benefits of free movement of labour.
From the economist.com
The damage this man has caused the labour party with this book is beyond belief.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm asking buyers to pay for the paint, but I'll provide the labour for nothing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The health workers call ambulances, again provided by UNFPA, when labour begins.
From the guardian.co.uk
Labour did not lose last year because one or two of its policies were unpopular.
From the independent.co.uk
Does it end up in the pockets of farmers or factory owners who use slave labour?
From the newscientist.com
Labour was continuing to pressure National over its partial privatisation plans.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Labour says a 66 year old millionaire should not get NZ Super, which is correct.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Labor: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
  • Labor: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
  • Parturiency: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours"
  • Tug: strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"
  • British Labour Party: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
  • Labor: undergo the efforts of childbirth
  • Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. ...
  • Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the market for labour. Labour markets function through the interaction of workers and employers. ...
  • Labour is to be the first novel published by JT LeRoy since it was revealed that it was the pen-name of Laura Albert. It is also another collaboration with illustrator Cherry Hood who also illustrated Harold's End. ...