Labour (Noun)
Meaning 1
Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child; "she was in labor for six hours".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
Productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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- Slavery
- Effort
- Overwork
- Travail
- Roping
- Hunt
- Exertion
- Manual Labor
- Corvee
- Donkeywork
- Drudgery
- Hackwork
- Grind
- Sweat
- Haymaking
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Meaning 3
A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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- The politician's speech was focused on improving the working conditions of the labour in the manufacturing sector.
- The union representatives met with the company management to negotiate better wages for the labour force.
- She argued that the growing poverty among the labour was a result of the widening wealth gap.
- As the economy grew, the demand for skilled labour in the tech industry skyrocketed.
- The party's ideology was rooted in the empowerment of the working-class labour movement.
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Meaning 4
A political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.