Wondering how to hyphenate the English word labor? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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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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Productive work (especially physical work done for wages) His labor did not require a great deal of skill |
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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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An 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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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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The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States Created in 1913 |
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Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted He prepared for great undertakings |
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Strive and make an effort to reach a goal She tugged for years to make a decent living We have to push a little to make the deadline! She is driving away at her doctoral thesis |
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Work hard She was digging away at her math homework Lexicographers drudge all day long |
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Undergo the efforts of childbirth |
| noun | labour, toil, work |
| noun | labour, working class, proletariat, class, social class, socio-economic class
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| noun | parturiency, labour, confinement, lying-in, travail, childbed, parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing |
| noun | labor movement, trade union movement, reform movement
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| noun | Labour Party, Labour, Labor Party, Labor, party, political party
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| noun | Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL, executive department
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| noun | undertaking, project, task, work |
| verb | tug, labour, push, drive, fight, struggle |
| verb | labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil, work, do work
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| verb | labour, experience, receive, have, get, undergo |