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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
W. G. Sebald

Meaning of "laborious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LABORIOUS

laborious  [ləˈbɔːrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABORIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laborious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LABORIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of laborious in the English dictionary

The first definition of laborious in the dictionary is involving great exertion or long effort. Other definition of laborious is given to working hard. Laborious is also not fluent.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABORIOUS


accessorius
ˌæksɛsˈɔːrɪəs
arboreous
ɑːˈbɔːrɪəs
aureus
ˈɔːrɪəs
Boreas
ˈbɔːrɪəs
censorious
sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs
demeritorious
diːˌmerɪˈtɔːrɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
inglorious
ɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs
meritorious
ˌmɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəs
Nestorius
nɛˈstɔːrɪəs
notorious
nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs
Pretorius
prɪˈtɔːrɪəs
sartorius
sɑːˈtɔːrɪəs
scorious
ˈskɔːrɪəs
Sertorius
sɜːˈtɔːrɪəs
unlaborious
ˌʌnləˈbɔːrɪəs
uproarious
ʌpˈrɔːrɪəs
uxorious
ʌkˈsɔːrɪəs
vainglorious
ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABORIOUS

labor
Labor Day
Labor Party
labor union
laboratories
laboratory
laboratory assistant
laboratory equipment
laboratory school
laboratory technician
laboredly
laboredness
laboringly
laboriously
laboriousness
laborism
laborist
labour
labour agreement

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABORIOUS

bi-curious
carious
curious
deleterious
delicious
delirious
furious
gregarious
hilarious
illustrious
industrious
injurious
lugubrious
luxurious
mysterious
nefarious
precarious
serious
spurious
various
vicarious

Synonyms and antonyms of laborious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LABORIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «laborious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of laborious

Translation of «laborious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABORIOUS

Find out the translation of laborious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laborious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laborious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

费时费力的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

laborioso
570 millions of speakers

English

laborious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रमसाध्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شاقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудоемким
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laborioso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রমসাধ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laborieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Susah payah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mühsam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

労力を要する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

힘든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laborious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

siêng năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உழைக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिश्रमपुर्वक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zahmetli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laborioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracochłonne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трудомістким
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laborios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίπονη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moeisame
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mödosam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strevsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laborious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABORIOUS»

The term «laborious» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.893 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABORIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «laborious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «laborious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laborious

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10 QUOTES WITH «LABORIOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word laborious.
1
Sarah Bernhardt
To be a good actor... it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished.
2
Shane Black
Writing scripts is a laborious job that can be a real pain.
3
Ezra Cornell
My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.
4
Herbert Croly
When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem.
5
Katie Hoff
I'm not saying I didn't have a great 2008. I just made it a chore. I made it look laborious.
6
Fanny Kemble
A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution.
7
Rhea Perlman
Lots of kids, including my son, have trouble making the leap from reading words or a few sentences in picture books to chapter books. Chapters are often long... 10 pages can seem like a lifetime to a young reader. Then reading becomes laborious and serious. That's why some of the chapters in my books are very short.
8
Wolfgang Schauble
This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for that. But since then, they've grown more willing to go in that direction. It's a process, one that is sometimes laborious and sometimes slow. But it's important to keep the populations involved.
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W. G. Sebald
I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
10
Taryn Simon
I do seem to try to make things harder and harder for myself. In some perverse way, obstacles interest me and I'm drawn to projects that end up being incredibly laborious.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABORIOUS»

Discover the use of laborious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laborious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Laborious Days: Leaves from the Indian Record of Sir Charles ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Francis Henry Skrine, 2010
2
Laborious Days - Leaves from the Indian Record (1892)
Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Charles Alfred Elliott, 2006
3
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
[laborieux; Fr. laborious, Lat.] 1. Diligent in work ; assiduous.— That which makes the clergy glorious, is to be knowing in their professions, unspotted in their lives, active and laborious in their charges. South.- A spacious cave, within its farmost ...
‎1816
4
Lectures on the principles and practice of midwifery
After laborious labours the foetus is frequently still-born, in consequence of compression and contusion of the brain ; frequently, the form of the cranium is altered; generally, the scalp is much swelled. Pressure on the cord within the womb may ...
‎1842
5
Seven Sermons, by That Learned and Laborious Servant of ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
William Bridge, 2010
6
An Essay on Laborious Parturition: In which the Division of ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
William Osborn, 2010
7
The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science
breathed laboriously ; and its heart beat rapidly. In two hours it had recovered ; but its respiration was laborious. The vertebrals were compressed a second time. Respiration stopped : then succeeded convulsive struggles, loss of motion, and ...
‎1837
8
Venetian-English English-Venetian: When in Venice Do as the ...
sexolarésaBL [sexoiarésa] n.f.s. reaper, harvester. sexónta [sexónta] п. arcade. sexóra [sexóra] n.f.s. shear. sfacendón [sfacendón] n.m.s. industrious, laborious. sfachinàda [sfakinàda] n.f.s. sweat, slog, sfachinàr [sfakinàr] v.intr. work hard, ...
Lodovico Pizzati, 2007
9
The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated: ...
They all admitted in general terms, that the work at that season, was laborious ; but left it ambiguous whether they meant as to its intenseness, or only its duration . One or two of them, however, gave comparative statements, from which much ...
James Stephen, 2010
10
Behaviour Monitoring and Interpretation - BMI: Smart ...
... laborious analysis. manpower outdoor large unobtrusive technique and observer skills, potential ethical issues, laborious analysis. manpower outdoor large unobtrusive Strong observereffects, accuracy depending onconditionsand tracking ...
Björn Gottfried, Hamid K. Aghajan, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABORIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laborious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Here's what happened in e-commerce this week - Business Insider
And the vast selection of retailers and products online has made sifting through all of the options a laborious task for consumers. Thus, the ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
John Kasich on the issues | The Columbus Dispatch
Kasich has said he wouldn't oppose eventual citizenship after a “laborious and tough process.” “Everybody in this country has to feel as though ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
3
Red Sox's Offense Surprisingly Punchless Coming Out Of All-Star …
Rick Porcello wasn't anything to write home about Saturday, as he surrendered two homers over five laborious innings, but Justin Masterson ... «NESN.com, Jul 15»
4
Greek banks to re-open as new Ministry sworn in | SBS News
"Confronted with these new developments, what's required is a laborious effort so that we can ease the burden and maintain hope." Banks are ... «SBS, Jul 15»
5
Time for a brutal TELLY-OFF: Android TV versus Firefox OS • The …
The setup is laborious. The first thing you're prompted to do is sign in to your Google account, entering a code generated by the TV into an ... «The Register, Jul 15»
6
Drink-driver banned after trying to avoid parking ticket | North Devon …
"He then involved himself in an over-laborious turn in the road before he stopped and was approached by officers." Tony Dart, for the defence, ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
7
Volatility will test KiwiSavers' mettle | Stuff.co.nz
This is all a bit laborious though. What's needed are websites showing all the KiwiSaver funds performance in tables. NZX-owned funds ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
New molecular transistor can control single electrons - Gizmag
Although this may sound highly unusual and extremely laborious, it's also a very precise and reproducible process that has the potential to ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
9
Running: Road races and beer a winning combination - Sports …
7 — Laborious Labor Day 10-Miler, Ghiloni Park, 12 Concord Road, Marlboro. Registration: 7 a.m. Entry donation: 15 canned goods for food ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
10
La Ferme London - Foodepedia
It was their second day when we walked in and despite being snowed under with the laborious tasks of opening a new premises the staff were ... «Foodepedia, Jul 15»

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