"labor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-labor.ogg [US] Forms: labors [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} labor (countable and uncountable, plural labors)
  1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of labour Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: labour Related terms: laboral, laborious
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: labour (english: non-American spelling)

Verb

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-labor.ogg [US] Forms: labors [present, singular, third-person], laboring [participle, present], labored [participle, past], labored [past]
Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} labor (third-person singular simple present labors, present participle laboring, simple past and past participle labored)
  1. US standard spelling of labour. Tags: US, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: labour
    Sense id: en-labor-en-verb-BM23xfu~ Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: labour (english: non-American spelling)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for labor meaning in English (3.7kB)

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