"labor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-labor.ogg Forms: labors [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪbə(ɹ) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} labor (countable and uncountable, plural labors)
  1. (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: labour Related terms: laboral, laborious

Verb

IPA: /ˈleɪ.bɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-labor.ogg 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. (chiefly American spelling) Alternative spelling of labour. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: labour
    Sense id: en-labor-en-verb-cH7ADKVD

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "anti-labor"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "aristocracy of labor"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "labor-intensiveness"
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "laborist"
        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "laborization"
        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "laborless"
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "laborlore"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "labor market"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "labor of love"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
          "word": "labor pain"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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        },
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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          "sense": "Terms derived from labor (noun)",
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