labor

L1A1B3O1R1
Canada, US/ˈleɪ.bɚ/

proper noun

The Australian Labor Party.

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British Labour PartyLabour PartyLabourDepartment of LaborLabor DepartmentDoLworking classproletariat
Very commonScrabble 7

Meanings

labor1

nounlabor (countable and uncountable, plural labors)

plural labors

  1. USalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of labour.
verblabor (third-person singular simple present labors, present participle laboring, simple past and past participle labored)

present singular third person labors · participle present laboring · participle past labored · past labored

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of labour.

Labor2

proper noun
  1. AustralianinformalgovernmentThe Australian Labor Party.

    Labor did not regain office until 1929, and then only for a three-year period.

    1984, David Harris Solomon, Australia′s Government and Parliament, page 102
    2 more examples

    Nevertheless there is a distinct difference of emphasis, in the sense just indicated, between the two sides of Australian politics. There has always been some international isolationism, too, in Labor circles in Australia.

    1970, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Institute of Pacific Relations, Australia and the Pacific, page 10

    Labor’s formal reconciliation with the federal Constitution during the postwar decades has been a significant development both for the ALP and for Australian politics generally.

    1995, Brian Galligan, A Federal Republic: Australia′s Constitutional System of Government, page 109
  2. UKUSmisspellingAustralian spellinggovernmentMisspelling of Labour, a UK political party.

Labor3

proper nounLabor (plural Labors)

plural Labors

  1. A surname from French.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna 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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British Labour PartyLabour PartyLabour

nounthe federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

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Department of LaborLabor DepartmentDoL
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executive department

nouna social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages

nounproductive work (especially physical work done for wages)

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nounconcluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child

nounan organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement

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labor movementtrade union movementlabour
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reform movement

nounany piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

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verbstrive and make an effort to reach a goal

verbwork hard

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workdo work

verbundergo the efforts of childbirth

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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