Labour means: An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. Related words include labor or toil. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Labour in practice.

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Labour in a sentence

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Labour meaning

  1. An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
  2. That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
  3. Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

Synonyms of Labour

labor travail toil work parturition childbed lying-in confinement parturiency socio-economic class social class class proletariat working class birth

Labour in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

The Labour leader told the News Agents podcast: “He won’t stand as a Labour MP at the next election or any election.

British Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald takes part in a tug-of-war match at a Labour Party gathering in 1923.

The party won it from Labour in 2022, but has only a wafer-thin majority that would disappear if Labour makes just two gains.

But Oshiomhole, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (1999 – 2007), argued that Labour’s priorities were misplaced.

The Labour Arbitration Tribunal makes decisions about labour disputes and regulates its own procedures as to how it will do so.

But with “changed Labour” looking an awful lot like new Labour, we ask – have the party really learned the lessons of the past?

A vote for Scottish Labour is a vote to put Scotland at the heart of a Labour Westminster government.

As a rich Labour peer Lord Alli is entitled to donate as much money to the Labour party as he likes.

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Labour's Chris Cooke became mayor beating the incumbent independent candidate,while Mansfield and Leicester voted for Labour mayors.

But is Labour under UK leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar failing to sufficiently capitalise on the SNP's woes?

Reacting to the judgement, labour law expert Andrew Levy says are a common and well-established practice in workplaces and in labour law.

He said: “I am inclined to vote for Labour, but I struggle with Labour’s approach to Brexit.

In an election where Labour are favoured, but not guaranteed, to win nationally many Labour inclined voters will be tempted to play it safe.

It comes as the Labour leader is also considering plans to allow millions of EU citizens to vote in general elections under a Labour government.

They're busy using slave labour to manufacture goods that we're using here in the UK and they've got a million people now in forced labour camps.

He continued: “There may have been times in the recent past where Labour was afraid to speak the language of class at all – but not my Labour Party.

Mohammed Nawaz (Labour Party) has been re-elected to represent the Kempston Central & East Ward, and will be joined by Caroline White (Labour Party).

In my limited experience, when push comes to shove they tend to be needlessly uncritical of Labour, whatever the flavour of local Labour happens to be.

Mr Mercer claimed he 'just relays Labour lines' and has 'a Labour chip' in him.

Labour MPs are expected to confront the leadership about the sex abuse ad at a showdown meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday evening.

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Common combinations with labour

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "labour" in a sentence?
An example: "The Labour leader told the News Agents podcast: “He won’t stand as a Labour MP at the next election or any election." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "labour" from real English texts.
What does "labour" mean?
Labour means: An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
What are synonyms of "labour"?
Common synonyms of "labour" include: labor, travail, toil, work, parturition, childbed, lying-in, confinement. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "labour" in Dutch?
"labour" translates to Dutch as: arbeid.
How many example sentences with "labour" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "labour", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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