Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: labour
IPA transcription: [l'eɪbɚ]
Pronunciations of labour
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: labor, labour, working_class, proletariat
    Meaning: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"
Usage examples
  • Great was the labour; priceless the reward.
  • The Labour men tell me he is superb in that line.
  • No labour could fatigue his body or subdue his mind.
  • "If thou'rt doing that for me, Mary, thou may'st spare thy labour.
  • "His thoughts embraced all those petty people who toiled at hard labour.
  • In the mean time I worked on, and my labour was already considerably advanced.
  • She resolved, by an unexampled labour for a woman, to effect the delivery of her husband.
  • Would it not be wise in us to abandon useless talking, idle thinking, and profitless labour?
  • And then Sir Launcelot returned unto Dame Bragwaine, and she thanked him of his great labour.
  • It appears to me far more suggestive than the alternative plan--Citizenship, Labour, and so forth.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–62, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jack Sheppard, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Locke, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jane Cobden, License CC BY-SA 4.0