labor — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

afraid, engaged, formal, hard, lost, manual, necessary, physical

She was engaged in hard labor for most of her working life.

VERB + LABOR

appease, dispenses, fit, land, place, thought, time, tried

She thought labor practices in the factory needed immediate reform.

LABOR + NOUN

computer, day, reconciliation, s, shortage

The company faced a serious labor shortage after many workers decided to find new jobs.

PREP.

between, in, in, with, without

She divided the household chores in labor with her two teenage sons.

Definitions

noun

1

Alternative spelling of labour.

verb

1

Alternative spelling of labour.

name

1

The Australian Labor Party.

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.

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

2

Misspelling of Labour, a UK political party.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — productive work (especially physical work done for wages)

noun — any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

noun — the federal department responsible for promoting the working

dol

noun — a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work

noun — a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900

labour

noun — concluding state of pregnancy

verb — undergo the efforts of childbirth

labour

verb — strive and make an effort to reach a goal

verb — work hard

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

labor of love

A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.

Writing a textbook has become more a labor of love than a money-making enterprise, wrote the professor, because of the peculiar way the books are now marketed.

Example Bank

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01

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

Wiktionary

02

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

Wiktionary

03

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.

Wiktionary

04

Mechanical power took the place of manual labor.

Tatoeba · #20471

05

Machinery dispenses with much labor.

Tatoeba · #20480

06

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Tatoeba · #21641

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, labor is marked as informal, US, Australian, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.