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It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.
Peter Hook

Meaning of "labouring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LABOURING

labouring  [ˈleɪbərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LABOURING

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

WHAT DOES LABOURING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of labouring in the English dictionary

The definition of labouring in the dictionary is of or relating to working. Other definition of labouring is hardworking; drudging.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LABOURING


bearing
ˈbɛərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
half-timbering
ˌhɑːfˈtɪmbərɪŋ
jabbering
ˈdʒæbərɪŋ
lumbering
ˈlʌmbərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
neighboring
ˈneɪbərɪŋ
neighbouring
ˈneɪbərɪŋ
numbering
ˈnʌmbərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
slumbering
ˈslʌmbərɪŋ
sobering
ˈsəʊbərɪŋ
timbering
ˈtɪmbərɪŋ
unremembering
ˌʌnrɪˈmembərɪŋ
unslumbering
ʌnˈslʌmbərɪŋ
wearing
ˈwɛərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LABOURING

labour pains
Labour Party
labour relations
labour shortage
labour supply
labour unrest
labour ward
labour-intensive
labour-saving
labour-saving device
laboured
labouredly
labouredness
labourer
labouringly
labourism
labourist
Labourite
labours
laboursome

WORDS THAT END LIKE LABOURING

alluring
bicycle touring
bring
colouring
conjuring
corporate restructuring
curing
devouring
enduring
food colouring
lean manufacturing
measuring
outpouring
pouring
procuring
reassuring
restructuring
scouring
torturing
touring
Turing

Synonyms and antonyms of labouring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LABOURING»

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

Translation of «labouring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LABOURING

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

Translator English - Chinese

劳动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajando
570 millions of speakers

English

labouring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

श्रमिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудясь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রমজীবী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travaillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bekerja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

arbeitend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分娩中の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노동에 종사하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngladosi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lao động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அன்றாட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्रमिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalışan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavorando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracujących
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

трудячись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muncitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργατική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebuk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arbetande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arbeidende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of labouring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOURING»

The term «labouring» is regularly used and occupies the 85.574 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LABOURING» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «LABOURING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word labouring.
1
Henry Bessemer
At this period the enthusiasm of the amateur was fast giving way to a more steady commercial instinct, and I let no opportunity slip of improving my position, but I felt that I was still labouring under the disadvantage of not having acquired some technical profession.
2
David Brainerd
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.
3
Peter Hook
It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends.
4
Tariq Ramadan
South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABOURING»

Discover the use of labouring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to labouring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Political Economy of New Labour: Labouring Under False ...
This text is an analysis of the emergence of New Labour from the electoral wilderness to government. It will be of interest to students, academic journalists and policy makers in Britain and North America.
Colin Hay, 1999
2
Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian ...
Levels of employment, wage rates, welfare relief, sexual divisions of labor, apprenticeship patterns and seasonal economic fluctuations are included in this reassessment of the standard of living of rural labor during this period of England ...
K. D. M. Snell, 1987
3
Children of the Labouring Poor: The Working Lives of ...
In this book Eileen Wallace focuses on the lives of working children in nineteenth-century Hertfordshire employed in agriculture, straw-plaiting, silk-throwing, paper and brickmaking and as chimney sweeps.
Eileen Wallace, 2010
4
Labouring Muses
The book examines a total of sixteen case studies that establish a specifically English tradition of laboring-class poetics.
William J. Christmas, 2001
5
Down and Out: Labouring Under Global Capitalism
On the condition of workers in the informal sector like textile, diamond, sugar, brick making and construction in and around Surat, Gujarat.
Jan Breman, Arvind N. Das, 2000
6
Much Labouring: The Texts and Authors of Yeats's First ...
In Much Labouring David Holdeman opens up new paths of thinking about Yeats's modernism by paying close attention to the production of his early books as well as to their publication histories.
David Holdeman, 1997
7
The Labouring Poor in India: Patterns of Exploitation, ...
With special reference to Gujarat, India.
Jan Breman, 2003
8
Labouring Canada: Class, Gender, and Race in Canadian ...
This text is a collection of classic and contemporary articles exploring the nature of work in Canadian history from the late eighteenth century to the current day.
Bryan D. Palmer, Joan Sangster, 2008
9
Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, ...
Out of print for several years, Labouring Children now has a substantial new introduction in which the author examines the historiography of the history of childhood, particularly in the light of recent literature on sexuality and the post ...
Joy Parr, 1994
10
Class and the Canon: Constructing Labouring-Class Poetry and ...
This essay collection focuses on a continuous tradition of labouring-class poetics, from burns in the eighteenth century to the mid-late century Victorian dialect poets who saw themselves, and were seen as, his direct heirs.
Kirstie Blair, Mina Gorji, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABOURING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term labouring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Work of women noted | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago …
Not lightly can the Empire estimate the debt which it owes to the sisterhood, labouring under the Red Cross, to bind up the wounds of war, ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Scott Quigg Destroys Kiko Martinez - The Sweet Science
As I write, Frampton is labouring badly against a fighter that was meant only to confirm him on American soil for around half the remuneration ... «The Sweet Science, Jul 15»
3
Putting Bihar slum kids on the planning map - The Times of India
It is the unorganized, labouring parents of these children that keep the heart of the city beating. They are the ones who provide us the ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Is it a sin to get a tattoo? - Evangelical Focus
They tend to be folk that you won't find labouring in intercession or longing after holiness. They may be nice guys, say cool things and be ... «Evangelical Focus, Jul 15»
5
Opposition needs to work together. But how? The Independent …
We need to allow the new parties to rise to the top. That's includes older ones like SDP and NSP that have been labouring under the harsh ... «The Independent Singapore News, Jul 15»
6
Australia in command at Lord's | cricket.com.au
Indeed, they found themselves in precisely the position Smith had foreshadowed when – after their trying five sessions labouring on a loveless ... «cricket.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Lood excels in one that got away | Sport24
Just labouring for necessary consistency right now. Nightmare first quarter, then showed fortitude in settling. Continued to make some errors, ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
8
Jobless Jason Allen's placard job appeal wins support from …
He has been out of work for several weeks after finishing a labouring job — but his determination to find a new job has already won him two job ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jul 15»
9
Joe Ware: Cows, capitalism and Christian Aid | Conservative Home
Rather than doing low paid labouring jobs they now own their own livestock which provide milk and butter which they can sell for profit. Not only ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
10
West Ham need help at striker
... insistence on relying on the often injured Andy Carroll and the labouring Kevin Nolan were seen as a shortcoming in his managerial style. «ESPN FC, Jul 15»

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