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Meaning:

Noun:

  • Effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
  • The act of a mother giving birth
  • The time period during which a mother gives birth.
  • uncountable A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
  • uncountable Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; ''sometimes specifically'' the labour movement, organised labour.

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Proper noun:

  • Short for the Labour Party.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To toil, to work.
  • transitive To belabour, to emphasise or expand upon (a point in a debate, etc).

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